New Universal Theory of Injury Prediction and Prevention
Abstract
The prediction and prevention of traumatic brain injury, spinal injury and general musculo-skeletal injury is a very important aspect of preventive medical science. Recently, in a series of papers, I have proposed a new coupled loading-rate hypothesis as a unique cause of all above injuries. This new hypothesis states that the main cause of all mechanical injuries is a Euclidean Jolt, which is an impulsive loading that strikes any part of the human body (head, spine or any bone/joint) - in several coupled degrees-of-freedom simultaneously. It never goes in a single direction only. Also, it is never a static force. It is always an impulsive translational and/or rotational force, coupled to some human mass eccentricity. Keywords: traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, musculo-skeletal injury, coupled loading-rate hypothesis, Euclidean jolt
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@article{arxiv.0909.4596,
title = {New Universal Theory of Injury Prediction and Prevention},
author = {Vladimir G. Ivancevic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.4596},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures