HPW Biomechanics specializes in the evaluation / analysis of Personal Injury Accidents / Injury Biomechanics using a multi-disciplinary approach that emphasizes the interactions between people and their environment (Human Performance, Biomechanics, Human Factors).
What is Biomechanics ? Biomechanics is a science/discipline based upon Newton’s three laws of motion (Principia,1684) as elaborated upon within the disciplines of physics and engineering. Biomechanics integrates the laws of physics and working concepts of engineering with structural and functional human anatomy, physiology and neuro-muscular function to describe the effects of forces on the human body and the relationships between body motion, external events and/or objects and forces on tissue structures such as bones, joints, ligaments etc. Biomechanics scientists combine this knowledge base with case specific data and relevant research literature to to interpret the evidence and reconstruct accidents/events to determine the cause and likelihood of the observed / claimed behaviors.The role of the biomechanist in both civil and criminal litigation (Forensic Biomechanics) is to function as an interdisciplinary integrator to determine the interactive effects between the human body and external forces, events and/or objects in producing behavioral outcomes and/or tissue damage/injury. Relevant research in biomechanics comes from many diverse areas including biophysics, exercise and health sciences, biomechanical engineering, human factors / ergonomics, human performance/movement sciences and others. Considerable overlap exists between many of these diverse areas, especially human performance, human factors and biomechanics. For more detailed information refer to the following documents. |
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HPW Biomechanics has more than 25 years experience in personal injury assesment/injury biomechanics and accident analysis, having provided services in more than 500 cases (both civil & criminal) about equally for both plaintiff and defense. HPW Biomechanics has been retained as a consultant and/or expert witness for cases involving:
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About Us
HPW Biomechanics, with offices in Oregon and Nevada, specializes in Personal Injury Accidents / Injury Biomechanics that focus on the interactions between people and their environment including perception response/reaction, expectations, and actions (human performance, human factors) and the consequences of their actions (biomechanics), i.e. what people do, why they do it, how they do it and the consequences of doing it. For a more detailed description, see "A Human Performance Model".
Barry T. Bates, Ph.D. has more than 30 years of academic and consulting experience in the areas of Human Performance, Biomechanics and Human Factors. Dr. Bates has been a professor at the University of Oregon since 1973 with both teaching and research responsibilities in the areas of human performance, biomechanics, and human factors. A focus of Dr. Bates' research has been the effects of forces on the human body, i.e. injury biomechanics and human movement. A copy of Dr. Bates' vita is available online.
HPW Biomechanics has more than 25 years experience in personal injury assesment / injury biomechanics and accident analysis, having provided services in more than 500 cases (both civil & criminal) about equally for both plaintiff and defense.
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