Rigid-body modelling of shaken baby syndrome

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Wolfson, D R ^a   McNally, D S ^a   Clifford, M J ^a   Vloeberghs, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head injury; MADYMO; Neck model; Rigid body modelling; Shaken baby syndrome; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE; STIFFNESS;

ANTHROPOMETRIC TEST DUMMY (ATD); HEAD INJURY; HEAD MOTION; HEAD TORSO IMPACTS; NECK MODEL; NECK STIFFNESS; RIGID BODY MODELLING (RBM); SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME (SBS); WHIPLASH;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; RIGID STRUCTURES;

HEAD INJURIES; MADYMO; NECK MODEL; RIGID BODY MODELLING; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROMES; WHIPLASH;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HEAD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NECK; NECK INJURY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; STIMULATION;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ELASTICITY; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NECK; NECK INJURIES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

EID: 15944410622     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X9237     Document Type: Article

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