Literature review of head injury biomechanics

The high incidence of head injuries resulting from transportation system crashes, sports, military activities, falls, assaults, etc. contributes to a preponderance of head injury biomechanics research. A wealth of publications result, addressing phenomenological and mechanistic issues associated wit...

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Published inInternational journal of impact engineering Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 561 - 586
Main Authors Hardy, Warren N., Khalil, Tawfik B., King, Albert I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.1994
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Medical sciences
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Biomechanics
Nervous system diseases
Pathogenesis
Craniocerebral
Central nervous system disease
Models
Mathematical model
Trauma
Cerebral disorder
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Summary:The high incidence of head injuries resulting from transportation system crashes, sports, military activities, falls, assaults, etc. contributes to a preponderance of head injury biomechanics research. A wealth of publications result, addressing phenomenological and mechanistic issues associated with head response to mechanical impact. This literature survey provides an assessment of hypothesized brain injury mechanisms, brain injury criteria, mathematical models of head injury and available techniques for measuring head kinematics and brain tissue deformations associated with exposure to dynamic loads.
ISSN:0734-743X
1879-3509
DOI:10.1016/0734-743X(94)80034-7