@article{ref1,
title="The frontal-impact response of a booster-seated child-size PMHS",
journal="Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference",
year="2009",
author="López-Valdés, Francisco J. and Forman, Jason L. and Ash, Joseph and Kindig, Matthew W. and Lamp, John F. and Kent, Richard W. and Bohman, Katarina and Boström, Ola",
volume="37",
number="",
pages="177-188",
abstract="This paper presents the response of a child-size post mortem Human subject in a series of frontal impact sled tests. Specific focus is on the whole-body kinematics and resulting head trajectories under two different restraint conditions (booster seat and standard belt, booster seat and force-limiting pre-tensioning belt) in a rear seat environment. At 48 km/h, the pretensioning, force-limiting seatbelt reduced the forward excursion of both the head (353 mm vs. 424 mm) and the h-point (120 mm vs. 152 mm) compared to the standard system. Maximum torso pitch was similar for both seatbelts. There were no apparent adverse effects of the force-limiting or pretensioning for the limited sets of conditions considered here.<p />",
language="en",
issn="2235-3151",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}