Effect of seat belt pretensioners on human abdomen and thorax: Biomechanical response and risk of injuries

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1304-1315

  Untaroiu, Costin D ^a   Bose, Dipan ^b   Lu, Yuan Chiao ^a   Riley, Patrick ^b   Lessley, David ^b   Sochor, Mark ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Injury criteria; Injury risk analysis; PMHS testing; Thorax; pretensioning; Traffic accidents; Vehicle restraint systems

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; SEATBELT INJURY; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; SEAT BELTS; THORACIC INJURIES; THORAX;

EID: 84864573474     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182472390     Document Type: Article

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