IMPACT TOLERANCE-ABDOMINAL INJURY

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DATA ON HUMAN TOLERANCE TO BLUNT ABDOMINAL IMPACT, A LITERATURE STUDY AND LABORATORY TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT TO DETERMINE THE MAJOR CAUSES OF ABDOMINAL INJURY, INJURY MECHANISMS, AND A QUANTITATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INPUT AND OCCURRENCE OF TRAUMA, AND TO DEVELOP THE CRITERIA TO RECOMMEND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MATERIALS WHICH OFTEN PRODUCE BLUNT ABDOMINAL INJURY. AN EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CASE REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF BLUNT ABDOMINAL INJURY WERE THE STEERING WHEEL, SEAT BELT, AND VARIOUS PROTRUDING OBJECTS IN A VEHICLE; THE ORGANS MOST OFTEN INJURED WERE THE LIVER, PANCREAS, SPLEEN, AND INTESTINE. HOWEVER THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT THE VERVET MONKEY (CERCOPITHECUS PYGERYTHRUS) CAN SURVIVE (INJURY LEVEL OF 3) BLUNT IMPACTS TO THE UPPER ABDOMEN WITH THE VARIOUS IMPACTORS USED AT VELOCITIES UP TO 22 MPH, WHILE IN THE MIDABDOMEN IT CAN SURVIVE IMPACTS OF THIS TYPE OF APPROXIMATELY 26 MPH AND IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN OF 34 MPH. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract FH-11-7608 Rept No HSRI-71-102
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • Beckman, D L
  • MCELHANEY, J H
  • ROBERTS, V L
  • STALNAKER, R L
• Publication Date: 1971-6-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 319 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abdomen; Crash injury research; Injuries; Speed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224100
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM