The six degrees of freedom motion of the human head, spine, and pelvis in a frontal impact.
Conclusion: Despite the predominance of the sagittal motion of the occupant in a pure (12 o'clock) frontal impact, the asymmetry of belt loading induced other relevant displacements and rotations of the head and thoracic spine. Attempts to model occupant kinematics in a frontal impact should consider these results to biofidelically describe the interaction of the torso with the belt.
PMID: 24372502 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lopez-Valdes FJ, Riley PO, Lessley DJ, Arbogast KB, Seacrist T, Balasubramanian S, Maltese M, Kent R Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research