TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The frontal-impact response of a booster-seated child-size PMHS
JO  - Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference
A1  - López-Valdés, Francisco J.
A1  - Forman, Jason L.
A1  - Ash, Joseph
A1  - Kindig, Matthew W.
A1  - Lamp, John F.
A1  - Kent, Richard W.
A1  - Bohman, Katarina
A1  - Boström, Ola
SP  - 177
EP  - 188
VL  - 37
IS  - 
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2235-3151
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -