Response of lower extremity in car-pedestrian impact-influence of muscle contraction

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury - 2008 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 469-472

  Soni, A ^a   Chawla, A ^a   Mukherjee, S ^a   Malhotra, R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Car pedestrian impact; Finite element modeling; Knee injury; Muscle contraction; Standing posture

Indexed keywords

CAR-PEDESTRIAN IMPACTS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; KNEE INJURY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STANDING POSTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

MUSCLE;

EID: 84855883899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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