TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Abusive head trauma? a biomechanics-based approach
JO  - Child maltreatment
A1  - Hymel, Kent P.
A1  - Bandak, Faris A.
A1  - Partington, Michael D.
A1  - Winston, Ken R.
SP  - 116
EP  - 128
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
N2  - Medical professionals frequently evaluate infants and children with head trauma. If the child's cranial injuries are not explained by the history, child abuse must be considered. A significant body of research regarding cranial injury mechanisms is available. This article presents a synthesis of a subset of the biomechanics literature relevant to head injury. The potential application of this knowledge base is explored through five questions: (a) What physical laws govern the response of the head-brain complex to the application of a mechanical force? (b) What are the causal mechanisms of head injury? (c) What properties of living tissues affect responses to the application of a mechanical force? (d) How can specific cranial injuries be linked to their biomechanical origins? and (e) Can the biomechanical history explain the cranial injuries? The authors propose a biomechanics-based paradigm for analysis of pediatric head trauma and seek a qualitative rather than a quantitative understanding.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-5595
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559598003002006
ID  - ref1
ER  -