...Madelyn A. K. Eaton; Justin A. McMahon; Robert S. Salzar Thoracic blunt trauma is evident in up to one-fifth of all hospital admissions, and is second only to head trauma in motor vehicle crashes. One of the most problematic injury mechanisms associated with blunt thoracic trauma is pulmonary...

...Anita Singh; Rachel Magee; Sriram Balasubramanian Despite occurrence of neonatal hypoxia and peripheral nerve injuries in complicated birthing scenarios, the effect of hypoxia on the biomechanical responses of neonatal peripheral nerves is not studied. In this study, neonatal brachial plexus (BP...

... such loading conditions is an active and important area of investigation. However, critical knowledge gaps remain in our understanding of human biomechanical response and injury tolerance under vertically accelerated loading conditions experienced due to underbody blast (UBB) events. This knowledge gap...

... author. Manuscript received September 14, 2017; final manuscript received August 8, 2018; published online October 17, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Guy M. Genin. 14 09 2017 08 08 2018 mechanics injury fatigue gender shoulder supraspinatus rotator cuff skeletal muscle sex...

... within the joint. Due to the multifactorial dynamic nature of knee injuries, anatomic finite element (FE) models validated against multiple factors under a broad range of loading conditions are necessary. This study presents a validated FE model of the lower extremity with an anatomically accurate...

... received September 4, 2012; final manuscript received May 27, 2013; accepted manuscript posted June 17, 2013; published online September 24, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Brian D. Stemper. 04 09 2012 27 05 2013 17 06 2013 Current understanding of the biomechanics of cervical spine injuries...

...Arthur J. Michalek; James C. Iatridis Extensive experimental work on the effects of penetrating annular injuries indicated that large injuries impact axial compressive properties of small animal intervertebral discs, yet there is some disagreement regarding the sensitivity of mechanical tests...

...Ashley A. Weaver; Eric A. Kennedy; Stefan M. Duma; Joel D. Stitzel Eye trauma results in 30,000 cases of blindness each year in the United States and is the second leading cause of monocular visual impairment. Eye injury is caused by a wide variety of projectile impacts and loading scenarios...

...Eric G. Meyer; Timothy G. Baumer; Roger C. Haut Knee hyperextension has been described as a mechanism of isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, but clinical and experimental studies have produced contradictory results for the ligament injuries and the injury sequence caused...

...Thomas L. Willett; Rosalind S. Labow; Ian G. Aldous; Nick C. Avery; J. Michael Lee Soft tissue injuries are poorly understood at the molecular level. Previous work using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) has shown that tendon collagen becomes less thermally stable with rupture. However, most...

... lead to life-altering injuries. These events achieve higher forces over shorter durations than car crashes, the current standard used for protective measures. In order to determine appropriate injury limits for the lower limb, a testing apparatus has been designed that can simulate these types...

... automobiles variational techniques regression analysis orthopaedics braking force measurement Musculoskeletal Model Simulation Vehicle Safety Injury Lower Extremity Lower limb injuries from an automobile collision can cause permanent impairment and disability 1 2 3 4 and rank...

...Wen Liu; Murray E. Maitland; G. Douglas Bell A partial ACL injury may involve different levels of fiber disruption, or fibers may sustain microscopic changes in their structure without gross disruption, resulting in a change in ligament function. The effect of partial ACL tears on the mechanical...

...Daniel L. A. Camacho; Roger W. Nightingale; Barry S. Myers A validated computational head–neck model was used to understand the mechanical relationships between surface padding characteristics and injury risk during impacts near the head vertex. The study demonstrated that injury risk can...