A standing vehicle occupant is likely to sustain a more severe injury than one who has flexed knees in an under-vehicle explosion: a cadaveric study.
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Conference Paper
Abstract
The lower limb of vehicle occupants has been the most injured body part due to under-vehicle explosions in recent conflicts. Understanding the injury mechanism and causality of injury severity could aid in developing better protections. Therefore, we tested 4 different occupant postures (seated, brace, standing, standing with knee locked in hyper-extension) in a simulated under-vehicle explosion (solid blast) using our traumatic injury simulator in the laboratory; we hypothesised that occupant posture would affect injury severity.
No skeletal injury was observed in the specimens in seated and braced postures. Sever, impairing injuries were observed in the foot of standing and hyper-extended specimens. These results demonstrate that a vehicle occupant whose posture at the time of the attack incorporates knee flexion is more likely to be protected against severe skeletal injury to the lower leg.
No skeletal injury was observed in the specimens in seated and braced postures. Sever, impairing injuries were observed in the foot of standing and hyper-extended specimens. These results demonstrate that a vehicle occupant whose posture at the time of the attack incorporates knee flexion is more likely to be protected against severe skeletal injury to the lower leg.
Date Issued
2012
Citation
IRCOBI conference proceedings, 2012, pp.IRC-12-37-
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IRC-12-37
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IRCOBI conference proceedings
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© 2012 The Authors
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http://www.ircobi.org/downloads/irc12/default.htm
Source
IRCOBI
Source Place
Dublin, Ireland
Publication Status
Published
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Start Date
2012-09-12
Finish Date
2012-09-14
Coverage Spatial
Dublin, Ireland