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Accidental Injury Biomechanics and Prevention.

This book provides a state-of-the-art look at the applied biomechanics of accidental injury and prevention. The editors, Drs. Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum and John W. Melvin are recognized international leaders and researchers in injury biomechanics, prevention and trauma medicine.  They have a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Yoganandan, Narayan (Editor ), Nahum, Alan M. (Editor ), Melvin, John W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:3rd ed. 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  •  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.