NDLI: Reducing Chest Injuries in Automobile Collisions: Rib Fracture Timing and Implications for Thoracic Injury Criteria

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Author	Kemper, A. R. Kennedy, E. A. McNally, C. Maogian, S. J. Stitzel, J. D. Duma, S. M.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to quantify the biomechanical response of the human thorax during dynamic shoulder belt loading representative of that seen in a severe automotive collision. Two post-mortem human surrogates (PMHSs) (one male and one female) were instrumented with 26 single-axis strain gages on the ribs, sternum, and clavicle. The thorax of each PMHS was placed on a custom spine support bracket designed to support the thorax on either side of the spinous process, thereby allowing free motion at the costovertebral joints. In addition, the support bracket raised the thorax above the flat base plate, which could otherwise constrain the deformation and motion of the posterior region of the rib cage. The thorax of each PMHS was then loaded using a custom table-top belt loading system that generated thoracic displacement rates representative of a severe automotive collision, 1.3 m/s for the male PMHS and 1.0 m/s for the female PMHS. The rib fracture timing data, determined by analyzing the strain gage time histories, showed that severe thoracic injury (AIS = 3) occurred at 16% chest compression for the male and 12% chest compression for the female. However, these values are well below the current thoracic injury criteria of 29% chest compression for the male and 23% chest compression for the female. This data illustrates that serious thoracic injury (AIS = 3) occurs at lower chest compressions than the current ATD thoracic injury criteria. Overall, this study provides critical data that can be used in the design and validation of advanced ATDs and finite element models, as well as the establishment of improved, more stringent thoracic injury criteria.
Starting Page	2141
Ending Page	2151
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00906964
Journal	Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Volume Number	39
Issue Number	8
e-ISSN	15739686
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-04-22
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Thorax Stiffness Injury Strain Non-censored Automotive Mechanics Biomedical Engineering Biomedicine general Biochemistry Biophysics and Biological Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biomedical Engineering

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