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Injury biomechanics of wheelchair users travelling in a car and comparison of head injury criterion

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport |
2011

Abstract

Wheelchairs are primarily designed for the mobility of the impaired and their passive safety in the event when they will be used as a seat in a car was not taken into account during their development. Effective and effi cient restraint systems of the wheelchairs are important for safe transportation of children and adults and the possibility to compare them in terms of injury biomechanics is a highly accented topic.

Biomechanics of injury then describes the effect of mechanical stress in terms of injury of the human body or human body response to impact and is further exploring the mechanisms by which these injuries occur. Cooperates closely and learns from biomechanics of sports, musculoskeletal system and extreme loads.

For orientation in the evaluation of head injury, this study provides an overview of head injury criteria and their mutual comparison.