Citation

Ommaya AK, Thibaljlt L. Proc. IRCOBI 1973; 1: 311.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1973, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

This paper reviews the state of the art concerning tolerance for injury to the central nervous system when the head is not directly struck. Progress in this area of the biokinetics of impact has been hampered by the difficulty of sustained collaborative work in the three fields which must be coordinated in order to achieve adequate reliability of data; namely, mathematical models, experimental work with physical and animal models and predictive validation from human accident data. After reviewing the four analytic models currently available, this paper will summarize the current knowledge concerning the other two areas mentioned with special reference to experimental work conducted by the author at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.