Relationship between linear and rotational head acceleration in various activities

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 44, Issue , 2008, Pages 207-212

  Funk, James R ^a   Cormier, Joseph M ^a   Bain, C Edward ^a   Guzman, Herb ^a   Bonugli, Enrique ^a  

^a Biodynamic Research Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Angular; Brain; Concussion; Head; Injury; Linear; Pendulum; Rotational; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; KINEMATICS; ROTATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HEAD INJURY; ROTATIONAL HEAD ACCELERATION; WHIPLASH;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CONCUSSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 42949110563     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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