Effects of age and rate of twist on torsional fracture patterns in infant porcine femora.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Long bone fractures are a common injury in the pediatric population. Differentiation between abusive, or non-accidental trauma, and accidental trauma in children remains challenging for forensic practitioners. A recent clinical-based study was able to separate pediatric abusive from accidental trauma based on femoral fracture pattern using the ratio of fracture length over bone diameter (fracture ratio), as determined from radiographic analysis of this fractured bone. The forensic literature indicates more cases of abuse in younger pediatric victims than accidental cases. While this was the case in the clinical study, the effect was not shown to be statistically significant. Furthermore, while speed of trauma was not considered in the clinical study, a laboratory study wi

SUBMITTER: Vaughan PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7026619 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature