Risk of injury of the cervical spine in sled tests in female volunteers

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 615-622

  Dehner, Christoph ^a   Elbel, Martin ^a   Schick, Sylvia ^b   Walz, Felix ^c   Hell, Wolfram ^b   Kramer, Michael ^a  

^a Malteserkrankenhaus Bonn/Rhein Sieg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Working Group on Accident Mechanics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Head neck kinematics; Rear end impact; Volunteer sled tests; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

HEAD-NECK KINEMATICS; REAR-END IMPACT; VOLUNTEER SLED TESTS; WHIPLASH;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAMERA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT INJURY; KINEMATICS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 34249285122     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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