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The authors sought to compare rotational deceleration sustained by the head among free falls, from different heights onto different surfaces, with those sustained during shaking and inflicted impact.<\/jats:p>\nMethods.<\/jats:italic> An anthropomorphic surrogate of a 1.5-month-old human infant was constructed and used to simulate falls from 0.3 m (1 ft), 0.9 m (3 ft), and 1.5 m (5 ft), as well as vigorous shaking and inflicted head impact. During falls, the surrogate experienced occipital contact against a concrete surface, carpet pad, or foam mattress. For shakes, investigators repeatedly shook the surrogate in an anteroposterior plane; inflicted impact was defined as the terminal portion of a vigorous shake, in which the surrogate's occiput made contact with a rigid or padded surface. Rotational velocity was recorded directly and the maximum (peak\u2014peak) change in angular velocity and the peak angular acceleration were calculated.<\/jats:p>\nAnalysis of variance revealed significant increases in the and associated with falls onto harder surfaces and from higher heights. During inflicted impacts against rigid surfaces, the and were significantly greater than those measured under all other conditions.<\/jats:p>\nConclusions.<\/jats:italic> Vigorous shakes of this infant model produced rotational responses similar to those resulting from minor falls, but inflicted impacts produced responses that were significantly higher than even a 1.5-m fall onto concrete. Because larger accelerations are associated with an increasing likelihood of injury, the findings indicate that inflicted impacts against hard surfaces are more likely to be associated with inertial brain injuries than falls from a height less than 1.5 m or from shaking.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.2003.99.1.0143","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,13]],"date-time":"2009-05-13T17:53:09Z","timestamp":1242237189000},"page":"143-150","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":150,"title":["Anthropomorphic simulations of falls, shakes, and inflicted impacts in infants"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"99","author":[{"given":"Michael T.","family":"Prange","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brittany","family":"Coats","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ann-Christine","family":"Duhaime","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan S.","family":"Margulies","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1","series-title":"Proceeding of 22nd Stapp Car Crash Conference.","first-page":"35","article-title":"Incidence and severity of cerebral concussion in the rhesus monkey following sagittal plane angular acceleration","author":"Abel","year":"1978"},{"key":"b2","series-title":"Am J Dis Child","first-page":"724","article-title":"Incidence of impact trauma with cranial injuries ascribed to shaking.","volume":"144","author":"Alexander","year":"1990"},{"key":"b3","series-title":"Am J Dis Child","first-page":"627","article-title":"Childhood injuries in the United States. 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