Why Do Woodpeckers Resist Head Impact Injury: A Biomechanical Investigation

• Lizhen Wang,

  Affiliations Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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• Jason Tak-Man Cheung,

  Affiliation Li Ning Sports Science Research Center, Beijing, People's Republic of China

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• Fang Pu,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

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• Deyu Li,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

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• Ming Zhang ,

  * E-mail: ming.zhang@polyu.edu.hk (MZ); yubofan@buaa.edu.cn (YF)

  Affiliation Department of Health Technology and Informatics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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• Yubo Fan

  * E-mail: ming.zhang@polyu.edu.hk (MZ); yubofan@buaa.edu.cn (YF)

  Affiliation Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

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