Effects of body configuration on pelvic injury in backward fall simulation using 3D finite element models of pelvis-femur-soft tissue complex

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1475-1482

  Majumder, Santanu ^a   Roychowdhury, Amit ^a   Pal, Subrata ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Backward fall; Body configuration; Coccydynia; Finite element simulation; Pelvic injury; Pelvis femur soft tissue complex; Sacral insufficiency; Sacro iliac and acetabular cartilage

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD FALL; BODY CONFIGURATION; COCCYDYNIA; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION; PELVIC INJURY; PELVIS-FEMUR-SOFT TISSUE COMPLEX; SACRAL INSUFFICIENCY; SACRO-ILIAC AND ACETABULAR CARTILAGE;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; FLOORS; GERIATRICS; LIGAMENTS; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACKWARD FALL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BUTTOCKS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PELVIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649467270     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.044     Document Type: Article

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