THE BIOMECHANICS OF HELMETS AND HELMET REMOVAL

To better understand motion in the cervical spine related to helmet wearing and removal, normal volunteers underwent videotaped fluoroscopy during helmet removal and lateral spine X-rays in various positions. There was a tendency towards increased flexion in the supine position in the helmeted volunteers which disappeared with minimal traction. In forced hyperextension, the posterior lip of the helmet did not gullotine the cervical spine. There was no significant difference in cervical spine motion between a one-person and two-person technique of helmet removal, and in both techniques, a minimum of flexion occurred in clearing the occiput.

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• Authors:
  • Meyer, R D
  • Daniel, W W
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 329-332
• Serial:
  • Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • ISSN: 0022-5282

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Helmets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Removal
• Old TRIS Terms: Flection
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450757
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 923
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM