25 Year Anniversary of Human Volunteer Study
of Injury Biomechanics
in Low-Speed Rear-End Impacts
This summer marks 25 years since we conducted our human volunteer (HumVol) study of injury biomechanics in low-speed rear-end impacts. 

Click Here to view video of female and male human volunteers in low-speed rear-end impacts at 5 mph Delta-V: https://youtu.be/j2lcnrPmGLc
During the 1990s there was increased attention on whiplash injuries and our group identified a need for live human-based data to address head/neck kinematics, muscle response, and clinical outcome of both males and females under controlled conditions.
This landmark study of 21 males and 21 females resulted in more than a dozen publications and numerous scientific conference presentations throughout the US, Canada, and Europe over the next five years (1997-2001). 
Our results and findings have been applied by other researchers in numerous works involving neck injury dynamics, head restraint design, and rear-end impact dummy design; and we are currently applying our head dynamics data to the study of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). 
Our study has been widely recognized as one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted with human volunteers in low-speed rear-end collisions and our publications have been referenced over 1,000 times in the scientific literature.
The HumVol study was a collaboration between Biomechanics Research & Consulting, Inc. (now Vector Scientific, Inc.) and MacInnis Engineering Associates (now MEA Forensics). On this 25th anniversary of our summer of testing we would like to acknowledge the many contributors to the success of this research study led by co-investigators Jeff Wheeler and Gunter Siegmund. 
Visit www.vectorscientific.com or call 303-697-9977 to learn more about how our injury biomechanics and accident reconstruction services can help you and your clients.