… of injury from motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) depends on complex biomechanical factors, and
the bodily features of the injured … the protective mechanism of fat cushion in trauma patients …

… ) provides important data concerning injury causation scenarios in real-world MVCs. The
objective of this study was to use CIREN … contact source validated with the mechanism of injury. …

… Indeed, if studies based on real CT scan images are … body investigations, understanding
of injury mechanisms and … risk than males in comparable crashes (ie from similar physical …

… Kent, RW, Forman, JL, and Bostrom, O., “Is There Really a ‘Cushion Effect’?: A Biomechanical
Investigation of Crash Injury Mechanisms in the Obese,” Obesity 18(4):749–753, 2010, doi:…

… on studies of traffic accident data and cadaver studies, there … [7] simulated and studied
the injury mechanism of obese … the real people used in car crash tests, their biomechanical …

… outcomes of this work provide greater understanding of occupants’ neck injury mechanism
… used for in depth studies of injury mechanisms during crashes. However, they come at a high …

… of this study was to generate biomechanical corridors from post-… another potential whiplash
injury mechanism. Mertz and Patrick (… occurred in rear impact crashes. The only lumbar spine …

… The outcomes of this work provide a better understanding of occupant injury mechanism …
be used for in depth studies of injury mechanisms during crashes. However, they come at a …

… was used to study the hydraulic mechanism with the focal impact … It was our belief that the
inferior orbital rim, which is a … floor and secondary to a cushion effect would produce an anterior …

… biomechanical literature. Chapter 4 provides details of the FE simulations conducted to study
… In near-side collisions, the primary mechanism of injury is contact with the vehicle interior, …