Biomechanical efficiency of wrist guards as a shock isolator

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-234

  Hwang, Il Kyu ^a   Kim, Kyu Jung ^b   Kaufman, Kenton R ^c   Cooney, William P ^c   An, Kai Nan ^c  

^a Dongyang University   (South Korea)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall; Fractures; Impact; Prevention; Wrist guards

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

FALL; IMPACT; INJURIES; WRIST GUARDS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FORCE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOCK; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WRIST; WRIST FRACTURE; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 33645959203     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2165695     Document Type: Article

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