Quantifying the biotribological properties of forehead skin to enhance head impact simulations

Head injury severity is dependent on the loading and accelerations experienced during, and immediately after, impact. In England and Wales alone, for example, 700,000 head injury cases are reported annually within Emergency Departments; however, there remains a lack of data that quantifies the funda...

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Main Authors: M.D. Jones, B. Oates, P.S. Theobald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-06-01
Series:Biosurface and Biotribology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405451816300149