On the protective capacity of a safety vest for the thoracic injury caused by falling down

Abstract Background Aged people all over the world are prone to fall down accidentally and be injured with fracture, such as the rib fracture. To protect the elderly, the safety vest has been developed to protect them from being injured when falling down. To effectively protect the elderly, more ana...

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Main Authors: Jing Li, Duanduan Chen, Xiaoying Tang, Hanjun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-019-0652-3