Leg, Foot, and Ankle Injury Biomechanics

Though rarely life-threatening by themselves, lower extremity injuries are often a debilitating and costly injury affecting the broad populace, and can occur as result of a variety of different injury mechanisms. This chapter details basic lower extremity anthropometry, and reviews the currently available studies and injury criteria available for automotive, sports, and military related injury mechanisms. Detailed analysis and critique of published injury studies are presented.