Injury risk curves for the skeletal knee-thigh-hip complex for knee-impact loading

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Rupp, Jonathan D ^a,b   Flannagan, Carol A C ^a   Kuppa, Shashi M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Crash test dummy; Injury criteria; Knee thigh hip injuries; Motor vehicle crashes; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT FEMALES; AXIAL COMPRESSIVE FORCES; BODY MASS; CRASH TESTS; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRACTURE FORCE; HUMAN KNEE; IMPACT FORCE; IMPACT LOADINGS; INJURY CRITERIA; INJURY RISK; LOAD CELLS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PEAK FORCE; PRIMARY SOURCES; SCALING FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VEHICLE CRASHES;

AUTOMOBILE TESTING; BIOINFORMATICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; FRACTURE; MOTORS; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; THIGH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; THIGH;

EID: 71849108504     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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