Influences of human thorax variability on population rib fracture risk prediction using human body models.

ABSTRACT: Rib fractures remain a common injury for vehicle occupants in crashes. The risk of a human sustaining rib fractures from thorax loading is highly variable, potentially due to a variability in individual factors such as material properties and geometry of the ribs and ribcage. Human body models (HBMs) with a detailed ribcage can be used as occupant substitutes to aid in the prediction of rib injury risk at the tissue level in crash analysis. To improve this capability, model parametrization can be used to represent human variability in simulation studies. The aim of this study was to identify the variations in the physical properties of the human thorax that have the most influence on rib fracture risk for the population of vehicle occupants. A total of 15 different geometrical and material

SUBMITTER: Larsson KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078960 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature