Accidental Injury

• 1 The Application of Biomechanics to the Understanding of Injury and Healing.- 2 Instrumentation in Experimental Design.- 3 The Use of Public Crash Data in Biomechanical Research.- 4 Anthropomorphic Test Devices.- 5 Injury Risk Assessments Based on Dummy Responses.- 6 Radiologic Analysis of Trauma.- 7 A Review of Mathematical Occupant Simulation Models.- 8 Occupant Restraint Systems.- 9 Airbag Inflation-Induced Injury Biomechanics.- 10 Biomechanics of Bone.- 11 Biomechanics of Soft Tissue.- 12 Skull and Facial Bone Trauma.- 13 Brain-Injury Biomechanics.- 14 Biomechanics of Head Trauma: Head Protection.- 15 Biomechanical Aspects of Cervical Trauma.- 16 Biomechanics of Thoracic Trauma.- 17 Biomechanics of Abdominal Trauma.- 18 Injury to the Thoracolumbar Spine and Pelvis.- 19 Injury to the Extremities.- 20 Child Passenger Protection.- 21 Pediatric Biomechanics.- 22 Vehicle Interactions with Pedestrians.

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)