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Frontiers in Head and Neck Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical. Volume 21, Biomedical and Health Research.


Frontiers in Head and Neck Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical. Volume 21, Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to biomedicine.

2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences.
 and Health Research.

N. Yogandan, F. Pintar, S.J. Larson, and A. Sances, editors. IOS (1) (Internetwork Operating System) An operating system from Cisco that is the primary control program used in its routers. IOS is widely used and robust system software that supports the common functions of all products under Cisco's CiscoFusion architecture.  Press, Inc., 5795-G Burke Centre Parkway, Burke, VA 22015. Telephone: (703) 323-5554. Hardcover, 762 pages, $98.00. ISBN ISBN
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: 90-5199-369-2.

This book delivers state-of-the-art developments in head and neck trauma to neurologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, physical medicine and rehabilitation physical medicine and rehabilitation
 or physiatry or physical therapy or rehabilitation medicine

Medical specialty treating chronic disabilities through physical means to help patients return to a comfortable, productive life despite a medical
 physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, nurses, paramedics, ER physicians, medical students, and biomedical and biomechanical engineers. This book attracts a wide range of interest from the large population of medical and physical scientists concerned with the mechanisms, treatment, and amelioration a·me·lio·ra·tion  
n.
1. The act or an instance of ameliorating.

2. The state of being ameliorated; improvement.

Noun 1.
 of head and neck injury. Forensic specialists involved in product analysis will also be interested.

The book begins with the basic anatomy of the adult and child head and neck, and neurologic analysis of head and neck injury. Also, included are the experimental biomechanics of head and neck injury beginning with the mechanisms of skull fracture, diffuse and focal injuries including diffuse axonal injury diffuse axonal injury Neurology A form of post-traumatic brain damage which results in significant neurologic sequelae in survivors. See Retraction balls. , and tissue level cellular injury analysis which deals with macro and microscopic analysis of tissues in the spinal cord and head. Further topics included are epidemiology of head and neck injury, costs to the public at large, vehicular and sports related injuries, the design of anthropomorphic Having the characteristics of a human being. For example, an anthropomorphic robot has a head, arms and legs.  test devices, and mathematical modeling and analysis of head and neck injury.

A select group of world experts on head and neck trauma, including professors from the world's leading academic institutions contributed to the book. Included in this group are anatomists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neuroradiologists, pathologists, biomechanical engineers, and scientists from the automotive industry and from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Publication:American Rehabilitation
Article Type:Book Review
Date:Dec 22, 1999
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