Analyses of thoracic and lumbar spine injuries in frontal impacts
- 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 Inâ€Depth Accident Study (GIDAS) were used in this study. A twoâ€step approach of statistical and caseâ€byâ€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.
Verfasserangaben: | Thorsten Adolph, Marcus WischORCiD, André EggersORCiD, Heiko Johannsen, Richard Cuerden, Jolyon Carroll, David Hynd, Ulrich Sander |
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Dokumentart: | Konferenzveröffentlichung |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 02.09.2015 |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2013 |
Beteiligte Körperschaft: | Technische Universität Berlin |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 02.09.2015 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Analyse (math); Brustkorb; Frontalzusammenstoß; Schweregrad (Unfall; Statistik; Verletzung; Verletzung); Wirbelsäule Analysis (math); Head on collision; Injury; Severity (acid; Spinal column; Statistics; Thorax; injury) |
Bemerkung: | Volltext: http://www.ircobi.org/downloads/irc13/default.htm Außerdem beteiligt: Transport Research Laboratory ; Autoliv Research, Sweden |
Quelle: | 2013 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings, Paper No. IRC-13-17 |
Institute: | Abteilung Fahrzeugtechnik / Abteilung Fahrzeugtechnik |
Sonstige / Sonstige | |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten |
collections: | BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 80 Unfallforschung |
BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 84 Personenschäden |