Traumatic brain injuries: The influence of the direction of impact

Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-91

  Post, Andrew ^a   Hoshizaki, T B ^a   Gilchrist, Michael D ^a,b   Brien, Susan ^a,c   Cusimano, Michael ^d   Marshall, Shawn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Hull Hospital   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Contusion; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Subdural hematoma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; FALLING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WITNESS; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84925954975     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000554     Document Type: Article

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