Pedestrian injuries: Viscoelastic properties of human knee ligaments at high loading rates

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-287

  Van Dommelen, J A W ^a,c   Jolandan, M Minary ^a   Ivarsson, B J ^a   Millington, S A ^a   Raut, M ^a   Kerrigan, J R ^a   Crandall, J R ^a   Diduch, D R ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age Dependence; Knee Ligaments; Pedestrian Injury; Viscoelastic Properties; Weight Dependence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PEDESTRIAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; CADAVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24144435269     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590969436     Document Type: Article

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