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Injuries of the Pelvis and the Lower Extremities

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Injuries to the lower extremities play a major role in sports (soccer, skiing, etc.). They have furthermore emerged as the most frequent non-minor injury resulting from frontal vehicle crashes since restraint systems (belts, airbag in frontal impacts) are not particularly designed for the protection of the legs (and arms). Yet, injuries of the extremities are often the reason for long-term impairment.

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  1. Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Kai-Uwe Schmitt & Peter F. Niederer

  2. Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    Duane S. Cronin

  3. AGU Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Markus H. Muser & Felix Walz

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Schmitt, KU., Niederer, P.F., Cronin, D.S., Muser, M.H., Walz, F. (2014). Injuries of the Pelvis and the Lower Extremities. In: Trauma Biomechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53920-6_7

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