BIOMECHANICAL ASPECTS IN THE CRITICAL CERVICAL TRAUMAS

The frequency and seriousness of cervical vertebral medullary lesions have increased with industrialization, traffic growth and the quicker pace of modern life. Traffic accidents are the main cause of lethal and non-lethal cervical lesions, the most frequent cause of these injuries being whiplash. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

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• Authors:
  • Scripcaru, G
  • Ianovici, N
  • Anghel, M
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 62-71
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobiles; Bicycles; Biophysics; Drivers; Fatalities; Injuries; Injury severity; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Traffic crashes; Vertebrae; Whiplash
• Uncontrolled Terms: Severity
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 1211: Bicycle; 1243: Car; 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 1772: Driver; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134139
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM