Mechanisms of thoracic injury in frontal impact

Yoganandan, Narayan; Morgan, Richard M.; Eppinger, Rolf H.; Pintar, Frank A.; Sances, Anthony; Williams, Alan

Affiliations

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Milwaukee, WI 53226

²Office of Crashworthiness Research, U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA, NRD-12, Washington, DC

³Department of Radiology, University of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Links

DOI: 10.1115/1.2796049

PubMed: 8950665

WoS: A1996VX04300021

History

Received: 1994-06-19

Revised: 1996-03-13

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2015	Cavanaugh JM, Yoganandan N. Thorax injury biomechanics. In: Yoganandan N, Nahum AM, Melvin JW, eds. Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention. 3rd ed. New York: Springer; 2015:331-372.
2015	Petitjean A, Trosseille X, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA. Normalization and scaling for human response corridors and development of injury risk curves. In: Yoganandan N, Nahum AM, Melvin JW, eds. Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention. 3rd ed. New York: Springer; 2015:769-792.
2000	Kent RW, Crandall JR, Bolton JR, Duma SM. Driver and right-front passenger restraint system interaction, injury potential, and thoracic injury prediction. In: 44th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). October 2-4, 2000; Chicago, IL.
2005	Tamura A, Watanabe I, Miki K. Elderly human thoracic FE model development and validation. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 6-9, 2005; Washington, DC.
2009	Pintar F, Humm J, Yoganandan N, Martin PG. Test program to define oblique chest loading in side impact. In: Proceedings of the 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 15-18, 2009; Stuttgart, Germany.
2011	Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Humm JR, Hallman JJ, Maiman DJ. Analytical and experimental data of chest deflections and injuries in side impacts. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 13-16, 2011; Washington, DC.
2011	Hallman JJ, Yoganandan N, Halloway D, Rinaldi J, Pintar FA. Analysis of thoracic loading, kinematics, and injuries in small overlap impacts: field data and full-scale vehicle tests with dummies. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 13-16, 2011; Washington, DC.
2013	Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Humm JR, Rudd RW, Ridella SA. Biofidelity of force responses of different types of human surrogates in oblique side impacts. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 27-30, 2013; Seoul, South Korea.
2007	Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Martin PG, Ridella SA. Biomechanics of oblique lateral impacts. In: Proceedings of the 35th International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research. 2007.1-6.
2009	Humm JR, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Martin PG. Side oblique injury criterion. In: Proceedings of the 37th International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research. 2009.
2001	Kent R, Bolton J, Crandall J, Prasad P, Nusholtz G, Mertz H, Kallieris D. Restrained Hybrid III dummy-based criteria for thoracic hard-tissue injury prediction. In: Proceedings of the 2001 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. October 10-12, 2001; Isle of Man, UK.
2002	Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Gennarelli TA, Maltese MR, Eppinger RH. Biofidelity evaluation of recent side impact dummies. In: Proceedings of the 2002 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 18-20, 2002; Munich, Germany.
2007	Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Gennarelli TA, Martin PG, Ridella SA. Chest injuries and injury mechanisms in oblique lateral impacts. In: Proceedings of the 2007 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 19-21, 2007; Maastricht, The Netherlands.311-324.
2014	Yoganandan N, Moore J, Arun MWJ, Pintar FA. Dynamic responses of intact post mortem human surrogates from inferior-to-superior loading at the pelvis. Stapp Car Crash J. November 2014;58:123-143.
2001	Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Maltese MR. Biomechanics of abdominal injuries. Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2001;29(2):173-246.
2007	Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Stemper BD, Gennarelli TA, Weigelt JA. Biomechanics of side impact: injury criteria, aging occupants, and airbag technology. J Biomech. 2007;40(2):227-243.
2014	Yoganandan N, Arun MWJ, Pintar FA. Normalizing and scaling of data to derive human response corridors from impact tests. J Biomech. June 3, 2014;47(8):1749-1756.
2008	Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Gennarelli TA, Martin PG, Ridella SA. Chest deflections and injuries in oblique lateral impacts. Traffic Inj Prev. June 2008;9(2):162-167.
2002	Kent RW. Dynamic Response of the Thorax: Restraint-Specific Hard Tissue Injury Prediction [PhD thesis]. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia; January 2002.