Quantifying Effects of Design Features on Youth Bicycle Helmet Performance During Oblique Impacts
Youth bicycle helmets with thicker EPS, thinner shells, and shell protrusions at impact locations improved the linear and rotational kinematic measures. Limitations include the small sample size and the impacts analyzed not representing all possible real-world scenarios.
Authors
- Caitlyn Jung
- Steven Rowson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3227-0596)
- Mark T. Begonia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-2704)
- Nicole E-P Stark
- Susanna M Gagliardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0313-9093)
Institutions
- Virginia Tech (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Biomedical Engineering
- Published
- 2025-04-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-025-03730-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88