Association of contact loading in diffuse axonal injuries from motor vehicle crashes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-315

  Yoganandan, Narayan ^a,b   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a,b   Zhang, Jiangyue ^a,b   Pintar, Frank A ^a,b   Takhounts, Erik ^c   Ridella, Stephen A ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Brain trauma; Head contact; Mechanism of injury; Motor vehicle crash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 67651151298     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181692104     Document Type: Article

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