Effect of multiple impacts on protective properties of external hip protectors

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 567-571

  Bulat, Tatjana ^a   Applegarth, Shawn ^a   Wilkinson, Stuart ^b   Fitzgerald, Shirley G ^a   Ahmed, Shahbaz ^a   Quigley, Patricia ^a  

^a VISN 8 Patient Safety Center   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall impacts; Hip fracture; Hip protectors; Protective properties

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EXTERNAL HIP PROTECTOR; FALLING; FORCE; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS TESTING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 54949096134     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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