Whiplash injury prevention with active head restraint

PC Ivancic, D Sha, MM Panjabi - Clinical biomechanics, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Previous epidemiological studies have observed that an initial head
restraint backset greater than 10cm is associated with a higher risk of neck injury and …

Biomecánica del latigazo cervical: conceptos cinemáticos y dinámicos

C Arregui-Dalmases, A Combalía… - Revista Española de …, 2013 - Elsevier
Los impactos posteriores a baja velocidad son el accidente de tráfico más frecuente y uno
de los principales campos de investigación por parte de la comunidad científica. La lesión …

An energy-absorbing sliding seat for reducing neck injury risks in rear impact—analysis for prototype built

X Zhang, Q Zhou - Traffic injury prevention, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This study investigated overall performance of an energy-absorbing sliding seat
concept for whiplash neck injury prevention. The sliding seat allows its seat pan to slide …

Does knowledge of seat design and whiplash injury mechanisms translate to understanding outcomes?

PC Ivancic - Spine, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Review of whiplash injury mechanisms and effects of anti-whiplash systems
including active head restraint (AHR) and Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS). Objective …

Experimental and numerical investigation of comparability of whiplash sled test results

M Özdemir, SK İder, Mİ Gökler - Journal of the Brazilian Society of …, 2016 - Springer
Whiplash-associated neck injuries represent an important health and socioeconomic
problem attracting more and more attention of the vehicle safety community. Sled tests are …

Whiplash injury, muscle pain and motor dysfunction

J Dommerholt - Muscle Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment, 2010 - Springer
Whiplash-associated disorders following motor vehicle accidents constitute a significant
human and economic problem to societies worldwide and are the topic of many …

Driver head locations: considerations for head restraint design

J Park, MLH Jones, SM Ebert, MP Reed… - Traffic injury …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: US FMVSS 202a requires that a vehicle head restraint lie within a specified
distance (55 mm) from the physical headform on the head restraint measurement device …

[HTML][HTML] Driving position field study, differences with the whiplash protocol and biomechanics experimental responses

C Arregui-Dalmases, E Del Pozo… - Annals of Advances …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rear-impact collisions at low speed are a leading cause of economic costs among motor
vehicle accidents. Recently, EuroNCAP has incorporated in its protocol the whiplash test, to …

Head restraint backset during routine automobile driving: drivers usually exceed the recommended guidelines

JAJ Shugg, K Vernest, JP Dickey - Traffic injury prevention, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Although several previous studies have evaluated horizontal head restraint
backset distances, few studies have evaluated them during driving. The purpose of this …

Parametric analysis of an anti-whiplash system composed of a seat suspension arrangement

M Özdemir, SK İder, Mİ Gökler - Journal of the Brazilian Society of …, 2015 - Springer
Neck injuries frequently seen in low-speed rear-end collisions are referred to as whiplash
injuries. Most of the proposed anti-whiplash systems in the literature rely on reducing the …