Human tolerance to lower extremities impacts.

Author(s)
Stalnaker, R.L. & Melvin, J.W.
Year
Abstract

Results of direct impact test on both the knee of seated and lower leg of standing unembalmed human cadavers are presented. Test results indicate that the unembalmed skeletal system of the lower extremities is capable of carrying significantly greater loads than those determined in tests with embalmed subjects. Strain analysis indicated that significant bending moments are generated in the femur with axial knee impact.

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B 10434 (In: B 10402) /84/ IRRD 223156
Source

In: Proceedings of the 3rd Meeting on Biomechanics of Injury to Pedestrians, Cyclists and Motorcyclists (IRCOBI), Amsterdam, 7-8 September 1976, p. 362-374, 5 fig., 1 graph., 4 tab., 7 ref.

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