A mechanism of injury to the forefoot in car crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 156-169

  Smith, B R ^a   Begeman, P C ^a   Leland, R ^b   Meehan, R ^b   Levine, R S ^a   Yang, K H ^a   King, A I ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ligamentous Injury; Lisfranc; Metatarsal; Tarsometatarsal

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DECELERATION; DRIVER; FOOT INJURY; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT INJURY; KNEE; LEG; LIGAMENT INJURY; METATARSAL BONE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCLE TONE; SIMULATION; TARSOMETATARSAL JOINT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE;

EID: 20444381705     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590931635     Document Type: Article

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