Surface friction in near-vertex head and neck impact increases risk of injury Export

@article{citeulike:2190427, abstract = {A computational head-neck model was developed to test the hypothesis that increases in friction between the head and impact surface will increase head and neck injury risk during near-axial impact. The model consisted of rigid vertebrae interconnected by assemblies of nonlinear springs and dashpots, and a finite element shell model of the skull. For frictionless impact surfaces, the model reproduced the kinematics and kinetics observed in near-axial impacts to cadaveric head-neck specimens. Increases in the coefficient of friction between the head and impact surface over a range from 0.0 to 1.0 resulted in increases of up to 40, 113, 9.8, and 43\% in peak post-buckled resultant neck forces, peak moment at the occiput-C1 joint, peak resultant head accelerations, and HIC values, respectively. The most dramatic increases in injury-predicting quantities occurred for COF increases from 0.0 to 0.2, while further COF increases above 0.5 generally produced only nominal changes. These data suggest that safety equipment and impact environments which minimize the friction between the head and impact surface may reduce the risk of head and neck injury in near-vertex head impact.}, author = {Camacho, Daniel L. and Nightingale, Roger W. and Myers, Barry S.}, citeulike-article-id = {2190427}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00178-X}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T82-3WCYVX4-8/2/79c1440812be00c11b4c41f6827f251e}, doi = {10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00178-X}, journal = {Journal of Biomechanics}, keywords = {accident, bicycle, bicycling, dai, helmet, rotational, safety}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {293--301}, posted-at = {2008-01-03 02:24:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Surface friction in near-vertex head and neck impact increases risk of injury}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00178-X}, volume = {32}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2190427 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2190427 N2 - A computational head-neck model was developed to test the hypothesis that increases in friction between the head and impact surface will increase head and neck injury risk during near-axial impact. The model consisted of rigid vertebrae interconnected by assemblies of nonlinear springs and dashpots, and a finite element shell model of the skull. For frictionless impact surfaces, the model reproduced the kinematics and kinetics observed in near-axial impacts to cadaveric head-neck specimens. Increases in the coefficient of friction between the head and impact surface over a range from 0.0 to 1.0 resulted in increases of up to 40, 113, 9.8, and 43% in peak post-buckled resultant neck forces, peak moment at the occiput-C1 joint, peak resultant head accelerations, and HIC values, respectively. The most dramatic increases in injury-predicting quantities occurred for COF increases from 0.0 to 0.2, while further COF increases above 0.5 generally produced only nominal changes. These data suggest that safety equipment and impact environments which minimize the friction between the head and impact surface may reduce the risk of head and neck injury in near-vertex head impact. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Biomechanics EP - 301 TI - Surface friction in near-vertex head and neck impact increases risk of injury VL - 32 SP - 293 KW - accident KW - bicycle KW - bicycling KW - dai KW - helmet KW - rotational KW - safety AU - Camacho, Daniel AU - Nightingale, Roger AU - Myers, Barry PY - 1999/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00178-X ER -