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Impairment and injuries resulting from chronic mechanical exposure

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An accident is defined as a violent, unusual and possibly harmful event which occurs suddenly and unexpectedly and is mostly of a short duration. Persons involved in an accident can in general not or only insufficiently react in order to prevent injury. The term “chronic”, in contrast, implies that a process extends over durations which are long in comparison with typical accidental time intervals. Accordingly, physical and mental reactions of the persons involved always occur and cannot be neglected.

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  1. Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, ETZ F90, Gloriastrasse 35, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Dr. Kai-Uwe Schmitt (PD) & Prof.Dr. Peter F. Niederer (emeritiert)

  2. AGU, Winkelriedstrasse 27, CH-8006, Zurich, Switzerland

    Dr. Markus H. Muser & Prof. Dr. med. Felix Walz

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Schmitt, KU., Niederer, P.F., Muser, M.H., Walz, F. (2010). Impairment and injuries resulting from chronic mechanical exposure. In: Trauma Biomechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03713-9_9

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