Influence of pre-collision occupant parameters on injury outcome in a frontal collision

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1398-1407

  Bose, D ^a   Crandall, J R ^a   Untaroiu, C D ^a   Maslen, E H ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive restraints; Frontal collisions; Injury metric; Multi body model; Muscle bracing; Occupant parameters

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; COLLISION RESPONSE; FRONTAL COLLISION; FRONTAL COLLISIONS; INJURY RISK; INJURY SEVERITY; MULTI-BODY; MULTI-BODY MODELS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OCCUPANT CHARACTERISTICS; OCCUPANT INJURY; OCCUPANT MODEL; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; REAL-WORLD; RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC INJURIES;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955324360     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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