Citation

Foret-Bruno JY, Tarriere C, Le Coz JY, Got C, Guillon F. Proc. Assoc. Adv. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1990; 34: 373-389.

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(Copyright © 1990, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

The laboratory of Physiology and Biomechanics associated with Peugeot (PSA) and Renault has two sources of data which it can use to contribute to an understanding of the risk of and mechanism involved in cervical lesions. These two data sources are as follows: 1) the laboratory's multi-disciplinary survey concerning car occupants sustaining bodily injuries in collisions, which at present covers 6589 vehicles and 9789 front-seat casualties; and 2) 375 experimental tests with cadavers: simulated frontal and side collisions, free falls, tests with impact devices, etc..

The first section of this paper will focus on the risk of cervical lesions with or without direct head impact for restrained occupants only involved in various types of real-world collision.

The second section will discuss tests with cadavers which permit a better understanding of the mechanism of cervical lesions, especially by measurements of various physical parameters (maximum head/thorax angle, angular velocity and acceleration, etc.