title: HIC--the head injury criterion. Practical significance for the automotive industry.
abstract: Efforts to decrease the losses in human lifes on the roads during fifties led to an increased research into the biomechanics of head impact. A break-through was made with the introduction of the Wayne State Tolerance Curve. This curve was interpreted and a weighted injury criterion was developed. This criterion was later transformed into the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) and used in a proposed legislation to improve the crashworthiness of cars. Although heavily criticized the HIC-criterion still is the most established method to assess head injury in automotive impact conditions.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mellander
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001336:Automobiles / Q000592:standards*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans