International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury

1973 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings

26 - 27 Juni 1973; Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury


Table of Contents

Opening session
Preface
I A Diepenhorst
Keynote Lecture
History and Aims of IRCOBI
B Aldman
Area 1: The epidemiology of injuries
The epidemiology of injury - a review
G M Mackay
The frequency and severity of injuries to the occupants of cars subjected to different types of impact in accident: an investigation of British road accidents from police records
G Grime, I S Jones
Injury patterns according to crash configuration
G M Barnwell, J R Cromack, E E Flamboe, H Perring
Traffic accidents and injury evaluation based upon a coordinated data collecting system
E L Nordentoft, T Dalby, E A Petersen
An analysis of fatal car crashes in which the victim was wearing a seat belt
E Rubinstein
Fatal traffic accidents in Medellin, Colombia, South America
C A Giraldo
Clinical causes of death in different categories of road user
E Grattan, N Clegg
Human tolerance to abrupt deceleration in water - an analysis of free falls from two bridges
J Lane, M Penfold, J Laing, J Bailey, J Tonge
Comment meurt-on dans un accident de voiture?
C Tarriere, F Hartemann
Enseignement pathogenique et statistique d'une serie homogene d'accidentes de la route observes dans le secteur de salon de provence en quinze ans
P Bourret, N Alaouie, M Rambach, M Marguen
Area 2: The epidemiology of head injury
Epidemiology of head injury
S Carlsson, G Silverbage Carlsson, P Hansson, S Lindgren
Area 3: Collision characteristics and accident studies
Accident studies and collision characteristics
H G Paar, LTB Van Kampen
A VTR system which records on the spot accident scenes
O Kanaya, H Sakai, N Inokuchi
Proposition d'une methode d'analyse et de classification des serverites de collision en accidents reels
P Ventre, J Provensal
The type location and severity of injuries in car occupants in relation to accident situations and car damage
T Dalby, E A Petersen , E L Nordentoft
FIELD ACCIDENT DAMAGE AS A BASIS FOR CRASH TESTS
J L G Hardy, G M Mackay, S J Ashton, P F Gloyns
SOME INTERNATIONAL DATA ON TRAFFIC ADDICENT CONFIGURATIONS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED INJURIES
G M Barnwell, J R Cromack, A F Muller, J G Kuiperbak
EXPERIMENT ON PASSENGER CAR AND PEDESTRIAN DUMMY COLLISION
K Taneda, M Kondo, K Higuchi
Area 4: Head injury tolerance to direct impact
REVIEW OF HEAD INJURY TOLERANCE TO DIRECT IMPACT
V L Roberts, J H McElhaney
PROTOTYPES OF HEAD INJURIES: APPLICATION TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
E A Kipperger, F J Unterharnscheidt
EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMA OF OCCIPITAL IMPACTS
J W Young, R G Fisher, G Townley Price, R F Chandler
An One-dimensional Continuum Model of Direct Closed Head Impact
Y King Liu, D U von Rosenberg
STUDIES OF THE MOTION OF THE BRAIN AT A SUDDENLY APPLIED ROTATION OF THE SKULL
C Ljung
Area 5: Head and spinal injury tolerance
HEAD AND SPINAL INJURY TOLERANCE WITH NO DIRECT HEAD IMPACT
A K Ommaya, L Thibault
CORRELATIVE PATHOLOGY AND BIOMECHANICS OF CRANIOSPINAL INJURIES : A POST-MORTEM STUDY OF FIFTY FATAL CASES AND A CLINICAL REVIEW OF 300 TREATED CASES
H H Bohlman
THE EFFECT OF SEATBACK STIFFNESS AND COLLISION SEVERITY ON THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE HEAD DURING "WHIPLASH"
J F Williams, J A McKenzie
DIE BELASTBARKEIT DES HALSES UND DER SCHAEDELBASIS BEI INDIREKTEM TRAUMA
G Schmidt
Area 6: Methods of head protection
Engineering-Medical Analysis of Fatal and Non-Fatal Head Injuries of Helmeted Motorcycle Victims
H A B Wiseman, J H Davis, V Jehu
EFFECT OF A PROTECTIVE DEVICE IN THE REDUCTION OF HEAD INJURY
W Goldsmith, T B Khalil
Area 7: Chest injuries and injury tolerance
ETAT DE LA QUESTION SUR LES TOLERANCES DU SEGMENT THORACIQUE
M Ramet, D Cesari
Experimentelle Untersuchungen ueber die Art und Schwere von Frakturen am Brustkorb
K Burow, M Kramer
FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF THE INJURY PROTECTION OFFERED BY SOME "ENERGY ABSORBING" STEERING SYSTEMS
P F Glyoyns, G M Mackay, J L G Hardy, S J Ashton
Area 8: Soft tissue injuries and injury tolerance levels
SOFT TISSUE INJURIES AND INJURY TOLERANCE LEVELS
A M Nahum, D C Schneider
ON THE MECHANISM OF CORTICAL BRIDGING VEIN RUPTURE
P Loewenhielm
INJURY TOLERANCE LEVELS IN BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
M L Trollope, R L Stalnaker, J H McElhaney, C Frey
EYE INJURY IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
S J Ashton, G M Mackay, P F Gloyns, J L G Hardy
Area 9: The extremities
STATE OF THE ART ON THE EXTREMITIES
P Rabischong, F Bonnel
ETUDE DES LESIONS DES MEMBRES INFERIEURS AU COURS DES ACCIDENTS DE LA ROUTE
D Cesari, M Ramet
SIMULATION BIOMECANIQUE DES MEMBRES INFERIEURS
G Stcherbatcheff, A Fayon, C Tarriere
Closing session
An Overview - Energy Damage and the Ten Countermeasures Strategies
W Haddon