The use of accident reconstruction for the analysis of traumatic brain injury due to head impacts arising from falls

Brain injury is the leading cause of death in those aged under 45 years in both Europe and the USA. The objective of this research is to reconstruct and analyse real world cases of accidental head injury, thereby providing accurate data, which can be used subsequently to develop clinical tolerance l...

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Published in:Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering 2006-12, Vol.9 (6), p.371-377
Main Authors: Doorly, M. C., Gilchrist, M. D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident reconstruction
Accidental Falls
Aged
Biomechanical Phenomena
Child
Craniocerebral Trauma - diagnostic imaging
Craniocerebral Trauma - pathology
Falls
Female
Finite Element Analysis
Head injury
Humans
Impact biomechanics
Male
Models, Biological
Multibody dynamics
Radiography
Skull Fractures - diagnostic imaging
Skull Fractures - pathology
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Summary:Brain injury is the leading cause of death in those aged under 45 years in both Europe and the USA. The objective of this research is to reconstruct and analyse real world cases of accidental head injury, thereby providing accurate data, which can be used subsequently to develop clinical tolerance levels associated with particular traumatic injuries and brain lesions. This paper looks at using numerical modelling techniques, namely multibody body dynamics and finite element methods, to reconstruct two real-life accident cases arising from falls. Preliminary results show the levels of acceleration of the head and deformation of brain tissue correspond well to those found by other researchers, suggesting that this method is suitable for modeling head-injury accidents.
ISSN:1025-5842
1476-8259
DOI:10.1080/10255840601003551