Abstract: A major determinant of the risk of hip fracture in a fall from standing height is the force applied to the femur at impact. This force is determined by the impact velocity of the hip and ...

Abstract: Recent studies suggest that hip padding systems reduce the incidence of hip fractures during falls. However, no data exist on the force attenuating capacity of hip pads under realistic fall ...

Abstract: We measured the step response of a surrogate human pelvis/impact pendulum system at force levels between 50 and 350 N. We then fit measured response curves with four different single-degree-of-freedom ...