LITERATURE-REVIEW OF HEAD-INJURY BIOMECHANICS

The high incidence of head injuries resulting from transportation syst em crashes, sports, military activities, falls, assaults, etc. contrib utes to a preponderance of head injury biomechanics research. A wealth of publications result, addressing phenomenological and mechanistic i ssues associated with head response to mechanical impact. This literat ure survey provides an assessment of hypothesized brain injury mechani sms, brain injury criteria, mathematical models of head injury and ava ilable techniques for measuring head kinematics and brain tissue defor mations associated with exposure to dynamic loads.