Accidental injury : biomechanics and prevention /: biomechanics and prevention. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum, John W. Melvin, the Medical College of Wisconsin Inc on behalf of Narayan Yoganandan, editors.
• Editors: Yoganandan, Narayan; Nahum, Alan M, 1931-2018; Melvin, John; Medical College of Wisconsin,
• Contents: Introduction to and applications of injury biomechanics -- Automotive field data in injury biomechanics -- Medical imaging and injury scaling in trauma biomechanics -- Anthropomorphic test devices and injury risk assessments -- Restraint system biomechanics -- Computational modeling in injury biomechanics -- Computational analysis of bone fracture -- Skull and facial bone injury biomechanics -- Biomechanics of brain injury: a historical perspective -- Biomechanics of brain injury: looking to the future -- Neck injury biomechanics -- Upper extremity biomechanics -- Thorax injury biomechanics -- Impact and injury response of the abdomen -- Thoracic spine injury biomechanics -- Lumbar spine injury biomechanics -- Knee, thigh, and hip injury biomechanics -- Leg, foot, and ankle injury biomechanics -- Pain biomechanics -- Thoracolumbar pain: neural mechanisms and biomechanics -- Role of muscles in accidental injury -- Pediatric biomechanics -- Best practice recommendations for protecting child occupants -- Pedestrian injury biomechanics and protection -- Design and testing of sports helmets: biomechanical practical considerations -- Normalization and scaling for human response corridors and development of injury risk curves -- Injury criteria and motor vehicle regulations -- Civil aviation crash injury protection -- Ballistic injury biomechanics.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 617.1/028; Medicine; Crash injuries -- Psychological aspects; Wounds and injuries; Human mechanics; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Human mechanics; Wounds and injuries; Public Health; Health & Biological Sciences; Legal & Forensic Medicine; Wounds and Injuries -- prevention & control; Biomechanical Phenomena; Medical -- Pathology; Medical -- Orthopedics; Pathology; Orthopaedics & fractures; Forensic Medicine; Pathology; Orthopedics; Medical -- Forensic Medicine; Forensic medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493917327; 1493917323; 1493917315; 9781493917310
• Related ISBNs: 9781493917310
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 26, 2014).
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