Potential for head injuries in infants from low-height falls: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 321-330

  Coats, Brittany ^a   Margulies, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic surrogate; Biomechanical study; Child abuse; Head impact; Low height fall; Pediatric head injury

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE;

ACCELERATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPRESSION; FALLING; FORCE; HEAD INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; VELOCITY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD ABUSE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKULL FRACTURE;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD ABUSE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MANIKINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 58149171519     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED.2008.2.11.321     Document Type: Article

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