Low speed rear end automobile collisions and whiplash injury, the biomechanical approach

Tencer, Allan F.

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Title:	Low speed rear end automobile collisions and whiplash injury, the biomechanical approach
Authors:	ID Tencer, Allan F. (Author)
Files:	https://journals.um.si/index.php/medicine/article/view/381 Description: Prost dostop
Language:	English
Work type:	Unknown
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	PF - Faculty of Law
Abstract:	The extent of injury in low speed rear end collisions is controversial. In many cases, the impact speed of the striking vehicle is low, neither car shows much if any post collision damage, and at the scene, the occupant of the struck vehicle appears uninjured. Yet many of these incidents progress to lawsuits with sometimes very significant damage and injury claims. In testimony, Plaintiff argues that the collision was significant while Defendant describes the collision as minor. A Biomechanical approach which addresses the forces in the collision and the resulting forces and kinematics of the occupant can help to resolve some of these issues. In the following, the process of a biomechanical analysis is described, using a specific example. A discussion of how courts have viewed this type of testimony is then presented.
Keywords:	biomechanics, rear end collisions, cervical spine, whiplash, injury
Year of publishing:	2019
Number of pages:	str. 1-20
Numbering:	Vol. 12, iss. 2
PID:	20.500.12556/DKUM-78497
UDC:	629:61
ISSN on article:	2463-7955
COBISS.SI-ID:	43515651
DOI:	10.18690/mls.12.2.1-20.2019
NUK URN:	URN:SI:UM:DK:Z1MUX1JT
Publication date in DKUM:	15.01.2021
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