Comparison of the whiplash injury criteria

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-63

  Ivancic, Paul C ^a   Sha, Daohang ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE HEAD RESTRAINT; BIORID II; CERVICAL SPINE; HEAD RESTRAINTS; HUMAN MODEL; INJURY CRITERIA; INJURY THRESHOLD; MUSCLE FORCE; NECK INJURY; REAR IMPACT; RELATIVE ACCELERATION; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; WHIPLASH INJURY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

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

EID: 71549154969     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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