NON-INJURIOUS AND INJURIOUS IMPACT RESPONSE OF THE HUMAN SHOULDER THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF KINEMATICS AND DETERMINATION OF INJURY THRESHOLD

Seven human beings were subjected, post mortem, to three low velocity impacts (v=1.5 m/s) to the right shoulder at three different angles in the horizontal plane (- 15 degrees, 0 degrees, and +15 degrees). Next, the left shoulder was subjected to a high velocity purely lateral impact (v=3, 4, 6 m/s). Thoracic and shoulder bone structures were instrumented with photographic markers and tri-axial accelerometers, whose trajectories were tracked in 3D by seven high-speed cameras. Several shoulder deflections and impact forces were analyzed with respect to each subject's injury survey to find the most relevant parameters for injury prediction. Acromion-to-sternum deflection peak values were predictive of a clavicle fracture, but were not closely linked to other fracture types, for which acromion-to-acromion deflection turned out to be a better predictor.

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• Authors:
  • Compigne, Sabine
  • Caire, Y
  • Quesnel, T
  • Verries, J-P
• Publication Date: 2004-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 89-123
• Serial:
  • Stapp Car Crash Journal
  • Volume: 48
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 1532-8546
  • Serial URL: http://www.stapp.org/pubs.shtml

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerometers; Biophysics; Cameras; Crash injuries; Crash injury research; Deflection; Forecasting; Fractures (Anatomy); Human beings; Kinematics; Set forward force; Shoulder
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00988804
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0768014468
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2004-22-0005
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 2005 12:00AM