Effect of hip protectors, falling angle and body mass index on pressure distribution over the hip during simulated falls

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-69

  Choi, W J ^a   Hoffer, J A ^a   Robinovitch, S N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BMI; Falls; Hip fracture; Hip protectors; Impact angle; Soft tissue thickness

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; FORCE ATTENUATION; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PROTECTORS; IMPACT ANGLES; IMPACT FORCE; LOCATION OF PEAK PRESSURES; PEAK FORCE; PEAK PRESSURE; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; RELEASE EXPERIMENTS; SOFT TISSUE;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); FRACTURE; MINING;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GREATER TROCHANTER; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649113969     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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