Assessment of head injury risk associated with feet-first free falls in 12-month-old children using an anthropomorphic test device

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1019-1029

  Thompson, Angela K ^a   Bertocci, Gina ^a,b   Pierce, Mary Clyde ^c  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

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

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Child abuse; Falls; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD ABUSE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANIKINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 67651037333     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817dac8b     Document Type: Article

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