Whiplash injury prevention with active head restraint

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 699-707

  Ivancic, Paul C ^a   Sha, Daohang ^b   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active head restraint; Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Injury prevention; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT; CERVICAL SPINE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEAD RESTRAINTS; HUMAN MODEL; INJURY PREVENTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NECK INJURY; NECK MOTION; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; REAR IMPACT; WHIPLASH; WHIPLASH INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ROTATION;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; PEAK NECK MOTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 70249109342     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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