The effect of the scalp on the effectiveness of bicycle helmets' anti-rotational acceleration technologies.

CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that the presence of the scalp can obscure the functionality of anti-rotational acceleration technologies. This could indicate that the effectiveness of technologies tested in previous studies, which have not tested anti-rotational acceleration technologies in the presence of a realistic scalp layer, may exaggerate the contribution of such technologies if compared with a more biofidelic set-up. The study supports the fact that headforms should be better designed by incorporating artificial skin layers that can better imitate scalp's behavior and, in addition, provides insights for the design of technologies against rotational acceleration. PMID: 33252249 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - November 30, 2020 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Zouzias D, De Bruyne G, Ni Annaidh A, Trotta A, Ivens J Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research