THE STATE OF THE ART OF HEAD INJURY BIOMECHANICS. A REVIEW

How mechanical energy injures the head has been of interest for centuries. Gradually a picture has emerged that now permits an understanding of the causes of many types of head injuries. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art knowledge of the mechanical events that result in the numerous varieties of head injury that are encountered clinically. Multiple factors must be considered in order to understand how an individual mechanical input to the head results in a particular type of head injury. This paper discusses the nature, the severity and the site and direction of the mechanical input to the head. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287637. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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• Authors:
  • Gennarelli, T A
• Conference:
  • 29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Location: WASHINGTON D.C., United States
  • Date: 1985-10-7 to 1985-10-9
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 447-463
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE, WASHINGTON DC, OCTOBER 7-9, 1985

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Conferences; Head; Injuries; Injury severity; State of the art studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Head injuries; Severity
• ITRD Terms: 2060: Biomechanics; 2030: Brain; 8525: Conference; 5421: Force; 2161: Fracture (bone); 2051: Human tolerance; 2163: Injury; 9061: Location; 5455: Mechanics; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 8588: State of the art report; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466751
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM