D . Review of Biomechanical Impact Response and Injury in the Automotive Environment

Mr. Melvin submitted as a summary of the material presented in his talk the executive summary of Task B of Phase 1 of a DOT contract titled Advanced Anthropometric Test Device Development Program. His summary is titled, ''Review of Biomechanical Impact Response and Injury in the Automotive Environment" and was co-authored by Kathleen Weber. "This review includes literature through 1984 and is divided into chapters covering the following body regions: head, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and lower extremities. Each chapter includes information on anatomy; clinical injury experience; biomechanical response to impact; and injury mechanisms, tolerance, and criteria from laboratory studies. Each chapter also contains its own reference list and thus can stand alone as a review of the literature on that region of the body. Summaries of each chapter follow.