Assessment of an innovative seat belt with independent control of the shoulder and lap portions using THOR tests, the THUMS model, and PMHS tests.
CONCLUSION: Concepts for a belt system that can reduce the load on the chest of the occupant in a crash and thereby reduce the number of injured occupants, in particular the elderly, was proposed.
PMID: 27586113 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Pipkorn B, López-Valdés FJ, Juste-Lorente O, Insausti R, Lundgren C, Sunnevång C Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research
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