TY  - CONF
A1  - Adolph, Thorsten
A1  - Wisch, Marcus
A1  - Eggers, André
A1  - Johannsen, Heiko
A1  - Cuerden, Richard
A1  - Carroll, Jolyon
A1  - Hynd, David
A1  - Sander, Ulrich
T1  - Analyses of thoracic and lumbar spine injuries in frontal impacts
N2  - In general the passive safety capability is much greater in newer versus older cars due to the stiff compartment preventing intrusion in severe collisions. However, the stiffer structure which increases the deceleration can lead to a change in injury patterns. In order to analyse possible injury mechanisms for thoracic and lumbar spine injuries, data from the German In‐Depth Accident Study (GIDAS) were used in this study. A two‐step approach of statistical and case‐by‐case analysis was applied for this investigation. In total 4,289 collisions were selected involving 8,844 vehicles, 5,765 injured persons and 9,468 coded injuries. Thoracic and lumbar spine injuries such as burst, compression or dislocation fractures as well as soft tissue injuries were found to occur in frontal impacts even without intrusion to the passenger compartment. If a MAIS 2+ injury occurred, in 15% of the cases a thoracic and/or lumbar spine injury is included. Considering AIS 2+ thoracic and lumbar spine, most injuries were fractures and occurred in the lumbar spine area. From the case by case analyses it can be concluded that lumbar spine fractures occur in accidents without the engagement of longitudinals, lateral loading to the occupant and/or very severe accidents with MAIS being much higher than the spine AIS.
KW  - Analyse (math)
KW  - Brustkorb
KW  - Frontalzusammenstoß
KW  - Schweregrad (Unfall
KW  - Verletzung)
KW  - Statistik
KW  - Verletzung
KW  - Wirbelsäule
KW  - Analysis (math)
KW  - Head on collision
KW  - Injury
KW  - Severity (acid
KW  - injury)
KW  - Spinal column
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Thorax
Y1  - 2013
UR  - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1495
N1  - Volltext:  http://www.ircobi.org/downloads/irc13/default.htm
Außerdem beteiligt: Transport Research Laboratory ; Autoliv Research, Sweden
ER  -