Preliminary observations of the sequence of damage in excised human juvenile cranial bone at speeds equivalent to falls from 1.6 m

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Preliminary observations of the sequence of damage in excised human juvenile cranial bone at speeds equivalent to falls from 1.6 m

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There is much debate within the forensic community around the indications that suggest a head injury sustained by a child resulted from abusive head trauma, rather than from accidental causes, especially when a fall from low height is the explanation given by a caregiver. To better understand this problem, finite element models of the paediatric head have been and continue to be developed. These models require material models that fit the behaviour of paediatric head tissues under dynamic loa...

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2020

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Brooks T / Zwirner J / Hammer N / Ondruschka B / Jermy M

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https://hdl.handle.net/10092/101225

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pediatric / children / impact / biomechanics / head injury / Other Chemical Sciences / Other Biological Sciences / Clinical Sciences / Biomedical and clinical sciences / Paediatrics / Infant and child health / Medical physiology / Human biophysics / Engineering / Biomedical engineering / Biomechanical engineering

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