Overview
Features revised and judiciously expanded new content
Presents chapters written by widely recognized authorities in the field of human traumatic injury
Covers topics ranging from automobile restraint systems to cell and tissue biomechanics
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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About this book
This book provides a state-of-the-art look at the applied biomechanics of accidental injury and prevention. The editors, Drs. Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum and John W. Melvin are recognized international leaders and researchers in injury biomechanics, prevention and trauma medicine. They have assembled renowned researchers as authors for 29 chapters to cover individual aspects of human injury assessment and prevention.
This third edition is thoroughly revised and expanded with new chapters in different fields. Topics covered address automotive, aviation, military and other environments. Field data collection; injury coding/scaling; injury epidemiology; mechanisms of injury; human tolerance to injury; simulations using experimental, complex computational models (finite element modeling) and statistical processes; anthropomorphic test device design, development and validation for crashworthiness applications in topics cited above; and current regulations are covered. Risk functions and injury criteria for various body regions are included. Adult and pediatric populations are addressed. The exhaustive list of references in many areas along with the latest developments is valuable to all those involved or intend to pursue this important topic on human injury biomechanics and prevention.
The expanded edition will interest a variety of scholars and professionals including physicians, biomedical researchers in many disciplines, basic scientists, attorneys and jurists involved in accidental injury cases and governmental bodies. It is hoped that this book will foster multidisciplinary collaborations by medical and engineering researchers and academicians and practicing physicians for injury assessment and prevention and stimulate more applied research, education and training in the field of accidental-injury causation and prevention.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Accidental Injury
Book Subtitle: Biomechanics and Prevention
Editors: Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum, John W. Melvin, The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc on behalf of Narayan Yoganandan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1732-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1731-0Published: 19 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3693-9Published: 19 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1732-7Published: 17 November 2014
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XVIII, 851
Number of Illustrations: 246 b/w illustrations, 143 illustrations in colour
Topics: Forensic Medicine, Pathology, Orthopedics