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Accidental Injury

Biomechanics and Prevention

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Alan M. Nahum

    1. San Diego, USA
      School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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  2. John W. Melvin

    1. Tandelta, Inc., Ann Arbor, USA

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Application of Biomechanics to the Understanding of Injury and Healing

    • Y. C. Fung
    Pages 1-11

  3. Instrumentation in Experimental Design

    • Warren N. Hardy
    Pages 12-39

  4. The Use of Public Crash Data in Biomechanical Research

    • Charles P. Compton
    Pages 40-71

  5. Anthropomorphic Test Devices

    • Harold J. Mertz
    Pages 72-88

  6. Injury Risk Assessments Based on Dummy Responses

    • Harold J. Mertz
    Pages 89-102

  7. Radiologic Analysis of Trauma

    • Mini N. Pathria
    Pages 103-120

  8. A Review of Mathematical Occupant Simulation Models

    • Priya Prasad, Clifford C. Chou
    Pages 121-186

  9. Occupant Restraint Systems

    • Rolf Eppinger
    Pages 187-197

  10. Airbag Inflation-Induced Injury Biomechanics

    • John W. Melvin, Harold J. Mertz
    Pages 198-205

  11. Biomechanics of Bone

    • Mark A. Gomez, Alan M. Nahum
    Pages 206-227

  12. Biomechanics of Soft Tissue

    • Roger C. Haut
    Pages 228-253

  13. Skull and Facial Bone Trauma

    • Douglas Allsop, Kelly Kennett
    Pages 254-276

  14. Brain-Injury Biomechanics

    • John W. Melvin, James W. Lighthall
    Pages 277-302

  15. Biomechanics of Head Trauma: Head Protection

    • James A. Newman
    Pages 303-323

  16. Biomechanical Aspects of Cervical Trauma

    • James H. McElhaney, Roger W. Nightingale, Beth A. Winkelstein, Valeta Carol Chancey, Barry S. Myers
    Pages 324-373

  17. Biomechanics of Thoracic Trauma

    • John M. Cavanaugh
    Pages 374-404

  18. Biomechanics of Abdominal Trauma

    • Stephen W. Rouhana
    Pages 405-453

  19. Injury to the Thoracolumbar Spine and Pelvis

    • Albert I. King
    Pages 454-490

  20. Injury to the Extremities

    • Robert S. Levine
    Pages 491-522
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About this book

Writing on accidental injury often seems to occur from one of two perspectives. One perspective is that of those involved in aspects of injury diagnosis and treatment and the other is that of those in the engineering and biologic sciences who discuss mechanical principles and simulations. From our point of view, significant information problems exist at the interface: Persons in the business of diagnosis and treatment do not know how to access, use, and evaluate theoretical information that does not have obvious practical applica­ tions; persons on the theoretical side do not have enough real-life field data with which to identify problems or to evaluate solutions. The ideal system provides a constant two-way flow of data that permits continu­ ous problem identification and course correction. This book attempts to provide a state-of-the-art look at the applied biomechanics of accidental-injury causation and prevention. The authors are recognized autho­ rities in their specialized fields. It is hoped that this book will stimulate more applied research in the field of accidental-injury causation and prevention. Alan M. Nahum, M.D. John W Melvin, Ph.D.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

"In 22 chapters a total of 32 further authors from USA present their opinions on general and specialised aspects of the biomechanics of injuries. … chapters on the biomechanics of injury to special tissues and body regions … are a treasure trove for forensic pathologists. The maximum stress limits, which are often very difficult to find, are presented here and discussed in detail. … This book deservedly belongs to the basic library of all forensic pathologists." (A. Du Chesne, International Journal of Legal Medicine, Vol. 119 (2), 2005)

Editors and Affiliations

  • San Diego, USA

    Alan M. Nahum

  • School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Alan M. Nahum

  • Tandelta, Inc., Ann Arbor, USA

    John W. Melvin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Accidental Injury

  • Book Subtitle: Biomechanics and Prevention

  • Editors: Alan M. Nahum, John W. Melvin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21787-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3168-9Published: 26 May 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-21787-1Published: 02 November 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 637

  • Number of Illustrations: 132 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Forensic Medicine, Pathology, Orthopedics

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