Thoraco-abdominal response to steering wheel impacts

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Nusholtz, Guy S.¹; Kaiker, Patricia S.¹; Huelke, Donald F.¹; Suggitt, Bryan R.¹

Thoraco-abdominal response to steering wheel impacts

Proceedings of the 29th Stapp Car Crash Conference

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Abstract

Mechanisms of thoraco-abdominal trauma were investigated utilizing unembalmed, repressurized human cadavers subjected to frontal impact with a steering wheel assembly. The focus of this research program was on trauma to the soft-tissue organs surrounded by the thoracic cage, as well as on the kinematic response of the thoracic cage. The results are compared to other thoraco-abdominal research programs conducted at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) during the last eight years.
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DOI: 10.4271/851737

SAE: 851737

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