Effects of sex, age, and two loading rates on the tensile material properties of human rib cortical bone

MJ Katzenberger, DL Albert, AM Agnew… - Journal of the mechanical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of sex, loading rate, and age on the
tensile material properties of human rib cortical bone over a wide range of subject …

Sources of variability in structural bending response of pediatric and adult human ribs in dynamic frontal impacts

AM Agnew, MM Murach, VM Dominguez, A Sreedhar… - 2018 - sae.org
Despite safety advances, thoracic injuries in motor vehicle crashes remain a significant
source of morbidity and mortality, and rib fractures are the most prevalent of thoracic injuries …

[PDF][PDF] Development and validation of a generic finite element ribcage to be used for strain-based fracture prediction

J Iraeus, B Pipkorn - Proceedings of the IRCOBI Conference, 2019 - academia.edu
Finite element human body models, comprising detailed anatomical descriptions, can
complement anthropomorphic test devi Page 1 Abstract Finite element human body models …

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 …

The effect of age and demographics on rib shape

SA Holcombe, SC Wang, JB Grotberg - Journal of anatomy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Elderly populations have a higher risk of rib fractures and other associated thoracic injuries
than younger adults, and the changes in body morphology that occur with age are a …

Rib geometry explains variation in dynamic structural response: potential implications for frontal impact fracture risk

MM Murach, YS Kang, SD Goldman… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2017 - Springer
The human thorax is commonly injured in motor vehicle crashes, and despite advancements
in occupant safety rib fractures are highly prevalent. The objective of this study was to …

Real-world rib fracture patterns in frontal crashes in different restraint conditions

EL Lee, M Craig, M Scarboro - Traffic injury prevention, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The purpose of this study was to use the detailed medical injury information in the
Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) to evaluate patterns of rib …

Assessment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis from body scanner image by finite element simulations

ATD Grünwald, S Roy, A Alves-Pinto, R Lampe - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, is a three-dimensional spinal deformity characterized by
lateral curvature and axial rotation around the vertical body axis of the spine, the cause of …

Age and sex alone are insufficient to predict human rib structural response to dynamic AP loading

MA Schafman, YS Kang, K Moorhouse, SE White… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Thoracic injuries from motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are common in children and the elderly
and are associated with a high rate of mortality for both groups. Rib fractures, in particular …

Modeling female and male rib geometry with logarithmic spirals

SA Holcombe, SC Wang, JB Grotberg - Journal of biomechanics, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study we present a novel six-parameter shape model of the human rib centroidal path
using logarithmic spirals. It provides a reduction in parameter space from previous models of …