Injury biomechanics and control : optimal protection from impact / Walter D. Pilkey ... [et al.]. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010. - xvii, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamentals of impact and shock isolation -- Basic optimal shock isolation : single-degree-of-freedom systems -- Optimal shock isolation for multi-degree-of-freedom systems -- Spinal injury control -- Thoracic injury control -- Head injury control -- Injury control for wheelchair occupants.

9780470100158 (cloth) 047010015X (cloth)

2009-018560


Industrial safety.
Shock absorbers.
Human mechanics.

T55 / .I533 2010

620.8/6