human subjects (PMHS) undertaken to guide the scaling of existing adult thoracic response
data for application to the child and to assess the validity of a juvenile porcine abdominal
model. The pediatric PMHS exhibited abdominal response similar to the swine, including the
degree of rate sensitivity. The thoraces of the PMHS were as stiff as, or slightly more stiff
than, published adult corridors. An assessment of age-related changes in thoracic stiffness …