The effect of tibial curvature and fibular loading on the tibia index

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-172

  Funk, James R ^a   Rudd, Rodney W ^b   Kerrigan, Jason R ^b   Crandall, Jeff R ^b  

^a Biodynamic Research Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofidelity; Biomechanics; Dummies; Injury Criteria; Lower Extremity; Tibia Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG INJURY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; TIBIA; TIBIA INDEX; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 3042644927     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580490436069     Document Type: Article

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