Civil Aviation Crash Injury Protection
Direction relative to aircraft Part 23 Part 25 Part 27 and 29 Small airplanes Transport airplanes Rotorcraft Load factor Load factor Load factor Forward 9.0 9.0 16.0 Sideward 1.5 4.0…
MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE
Lumbar Spine Injury Biomechanics
Fig. 16.1 Normal lumbar spine 16.1.1 Vertebrae The five lumbar vertebrae are aligned with a prominent convex curvature in the lateral or mid-sagittal plane, otherwise known as lordosis. Lumbar vertebrae…
Injury Criteria and Motor Vehicle Regulations
Fig. 27.1 Frontal crash test configurations in US FMVSS208 (Advanced Airbag Rule) Fig. 27.2 Driver side airbag out-of-position tests in FMVSS208 Fig. 27.3 Passenger side OOP tests in FMVSS208 with…
Pain Biomechanics
Fig. 19.1 Schematic illustration of an axial view of cervical spine anatomy, including soft and hard tissues with the potential for generating pain. The articulating intervertebral disc and facet joints…
Automotive Field Data in Injury Biomechanics
AIS score Injury severity 1 Minor 2 Moderate 3 Serious 4 Severe 5 Critical 6 Maximal (currently untreatable) The maximum AIS (MAIS) can be used as an AIS measure of…
Ballistic Injury Biomechanics
Fig. 29.1 Gunshot wound to the skull. (a) Entrance wound on exterior of skull (b) exit wound on interior of skull with bevealing Beveling can be found evenly distributed around…
Design and Testing of Sports Helmets: Biomechanical and Practical Considerations
6. Gurdjian ES, Roberts VL, Thomas LM (1966) Tolerance curves of acceleration and intracranial pressure and protective index in experimental head injury. J Trauma 6(5):600–604PubMedCrossRef 7. Holbourn AH (1943) Mechanics…
Biomechanics of Brain Injury: Looking to the Future
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum, John W. Melvin and The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc on behalf of Narayan Yoganandan (eds.)Accidental Injury10.1007/978-1-4939-1732-7_10 10. Biomechanics of Brain Injury: Looking to the…
Biomechanics of Brain Injury: A Historical Perspective
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum, John W. Melvin and The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc on behalf of Narayan Yoganandan (eds.)Accidental Injury10.1007/978-1-4939-1732-7_9 9. Biomechanics of Brain Injury: A Historical Perspective…
Paediatric Proximal Radial Fractures
Chapter 11 Paediatric Proximal Radial Fractures Pierre Lascombes, Pierre Journeau, Thierry Haumont, Dimitri Popkov Introduction Since radial head fractures are very rare in children1 this chapter will concentrate on paediatric…
