Bicycle helmets are highly effective at preventing head injury during head impact: Head-form accelerations and injury criteria for helmeted and unhelmeted impacts

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Cripton, Peter A ^a   Dressler, Daniel M ^a   Stuart, Cameron A ^b   Dennison, Christopher R ^a   Richards, Darrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Synaptic Analysis Consulting Group Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Brain injury; Concussion; Helmet; Injury prevention

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; DROPS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISKS; ROPE; SAFETY DEVICES;

BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; BRAIN INJURY; CONCUSSION; HEAD INJURY CRITERION; HELMET; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; INJURY PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCELERATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CYCLING; EVALUATION STUDY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURIES; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MANIKINS;

EID: 84897383264     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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