Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF): the WSES and CWIS position paper

G Sermonesi, R Bertelli, FM Pieracci, ZJ Balogh… - World Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Rib fractures are one of the most common traumatic injuries and may result in
significant morbidity and mortality. Despite growing evidence, technological advances and …

Rib cortical bone thickness variation in adults by age and sex

SA Holcombe, BA Derstine - Journal of Anatomy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rib fractures are a common and serious outcome of blunt thoracic trauma and their
likelihood is greater in older individuals. Osteoporotic bone loss is a well‐documented aging …

Detailed subject-specific FE rib modeling for fracture prediction

J Iraeus, L Lundin, S Storm, A Agnew… - Traffic injury …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The current state of the art human body models (HBMs) underpredict the number
of fractured ribs. Also, it has not been shown that the models can predict the fracture …

A First Step Toward a Family of Morphed Human Body Models Enabling Prediction of Population Injury Outcomes

KJ Larsson, J Östh, J Iraeus… - Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The injury risk in a vehicle crash can depend on occupant specific factors. Virtual crash
testing using finite element human body models (HBMs) to represent occupant variability …

Investigating the impact of blunt force trauma: a probabilistic study of behind armor blunt trauma risk

VB Kote, LL Frazer, ZS Hostetler, DA Jones… - Annals of biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Evaluating Behind Armor Blunt Trauma (BABT) is a critical step in preventing non-
penetrating injuries in military personnel, which can result from the transfer of kinetic energy …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of individual ribcage shape variability on occupant rib fracture risk

KJ Larsson, J Iraeus, B Pipkorn… - IRCOBI Conference …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Human body models (HBMs) offer the potential to predict injury risk across broad
populations. Adapting baseline HBM geo Page 1 Abstract Human body models (HBMs) …

Cross-sectional properties of rib geometry from an adult population

S Holcombe, Y Huang - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Human body models (HBMs) play a key role in improving modern vehicle
safety systems to protect broad populations. However, their geometry is commonly derived …

A deep learning-based pipeline for developing multi-rib shape generative model with populational percentiles or anthropometrics as predictors

Y Huang, SA Holcombe, SC Wang, J Tang - Computerized Medical Imaging …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rib cross-sectional shapes (characterized by the outer contour and cortical bone thickness)
affect the rib mechanical response under impact loading, thereby influence the rib injury …

How accurate are medical CT and micro-CT techniques compared to classical histology when addressing the growth of the internal rib parameters?

D García-Martínez, JM López-Rey… - Anthropologischer …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Rib internal anatomy and its cross-sectional morphology inform about important
biomechanical or even evolutionary aspects. Classic histological studies require destructive …

Comparing FE human body model rib geometry to population data

SA Holcombe, AM Agnew, B Derstine… - … and modeling in …, 2020 - Springer
Finite element human body models (HBMs) are used to assess injury risk in a variety of
impact scenarios. The ribs are a key structural component within the chest, so their accuracy …