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In the beginning of research on the mechanics of head trauma, its severity was more related to the characteristics of the impacting object such as its velocity, mass, shape, contact surface etc than to the response of the impacted head. In Fig. 1 the biomechanical course of a head injury is summarized.
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Lindgren, S. (1986). Introduction. In: Lindgren, S. (eds) Modern Concepts in Neurotraumatology. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 36. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8859-0_1
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