Effect of wheelchair headrest use on pediatric head and neck injury risk outcomes during rear impact

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1595-1603

  Fuhrman, Susan I ^a   Karg, Patricia E ^a   Bertocci, Gina E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury risk; Headrest; Neck injury risk; Pediatric injury risk; Rear impact; Wheelchair transportation safety

Indexed keywords

PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTING; WHEELCHAIRS;

HEAD AND NECK; HEAD INJURY CRITERION (HIC); LINEAR HEAD ACCELERATION; MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NECK INJURIES; REAR IMPACTS; SLED TESTS; TEST DEVICES; TEST SCENARIOS;

HEALTH;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; HEAD INJURY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NECK INJURY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT BEARING; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECK INJURIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 46449134772     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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