Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 54-60 , January 2007

Finite element analysis of head–neck kinematics during motor vehicle accidents: Analysis in multiple planes

  • Ee Chon Teo

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65 6790 5529, fax: +65 6791 1859.
    • ,
  • Qing Hang Zhang

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
    • ,
  • Russel C. Huang

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical Center, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, United States

Received 17 June 2005 ,Revised 12 December 2005 ,Accepted 17 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.01.007

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 54-60 , January 2007

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