Dynamic Variable and Temporary Injury Correlation for Human Head and Neck Impact Experiments.

摘要

The Naval Biodynamics Laboratory (NBDL) has collected a data base describing the head/neck kinematic response of a large number of human subject volunteers to -X, +Y, and -X+Y vector exposures. This paper will present injury-related parameters for the most severe exposures in each vector, together with correlations of these parameters with the medical findings. The parameters presented include axial and shear forces and torques at the occipital condyles, as well as the head injury criterion (HIC number). Moderate (R = .35 and .38) but highly significant (p<.025) correlations were revealed between general (GENFAC) and muscle (MUSFAC) symptom factor variables. These findings encourage continued systematic evaluation of the relationship between the observed injury-related (eg. axial and shear) and medical findings.