Physical properties of the human head: Mass, center of gravity and moment of inertia

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1177-1192

  Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   Zhang, Jiangyue ^a   Baisden, Jamie L ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthorpometry; Biomechanics; Head; Impact; Mass; Moment of inertia

Indexed keywords

ANTHORPOMETRY; HEAD; IMPACT; MASS; MOMENT OF INERTIA;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DESIGN; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

EXPERIMENTS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; HEAD; HUMAN; MASS; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

EID: 67349218181     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.029     Document Type: Review

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