Forensic injury biomechanics is the science that relates mechanical forces to disruption of anatomical regions of the human body.
Because forensic injury biomechanics is central to opinions on injury causation, and because causation is often the key to determination of who is at fault, forensic injury biomechanics can be the deciding factor in many personal injury, products and premises liability, wrongful death, and criminal cases.”
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