Incidence and Injury Mechanisms of Tibia Head Fractures among Pedestrians

The paper focuses on the incidence of tibia head fractures sustained in car-pedestrian accidents. The AIS scores for tibia fractures are presented, especially the differences between AIS 1990 and 2005 and its implications on the statistics. A review of the literature is given of which no conclusions to the true incidence of knee injury can be drawn. A sample of pedestrian accidents of the Medical University Hanover (MUH) is closely examined; however, no single parameter correlating with the risk of tibia head fractures in pedestrians can be identified statistically or technically. Nevertheless, biomechanical circumstances under which a tibia head fracture may occur can be identified. It is questionable whether those circumstances are reproduced by the current leg impactor tests. For the covering abstract see ITRD E141569.

• Authors:
  • LANZ, C
  • WALZ, F H
  • MUSER, M H
  • SCHMITT, K U
  • OTTE, D
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Serial:
  • 2006 INTERNATIONAL IRCOBI CONFERENCE ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF IMPACT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impacts) Secretariat-INRETS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Conferences; Crash tests; Fractures (Anatomy); Injuries; Knee; Leg; Pedestrians; Statistics
• ITRD Terms: 2060: Biomechanics; 8525: Conference; 2161: Fracture (bone); 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 2013: Knee (human); 2023: Leg (human); 1733: Pedestrian; 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01131708
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 2 2009 7:30AM