Citation

Yoganandan N, Humm J, Pintar FA, Gennarelli TA. Proc. IRCOBI 2009; 37: 323-326.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

The objective was to determine specimen-specific three-dimensional properties of the human head and compare with literature-based estimates, and examine the efficacy of using the latter dataset in the determination of injury metrics. Eight post mortem human subjects were exposed to side impact sled tests, and 3-d head kinematics and specimen-specific physical properties were obtained. Physical properties were also estimated from literature based on total body mass, stature, and head circumference, and length. Injury metrics obtained using literature-based data differed significantly from actual metrics obtained from specimen-specific information, suggesting the critical importance of specimen-specific data in establishing tolerance criteria.