The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of obesity on occupant responses in
frontal crashes using whole-body human finite element (FE) models representing occupants …

Obese occupants in motor-vehicle collisions experience different injury risks compared to
non-obese occupants and there is little data available to explain these differences. The …

Objective: Analyses of crash data have shown that older, obese, and/or female occupants
have a higher risk of injury in frontal crashes compared to the rest of the population. The …

Objective Field data analyses have shown that obesity significantly increases the occupant
injury risks in motor vehicle crashes, but the injury assessment tools for people with obesity …

The lower extremities are the body region at greatest risk of serious injury in frontal motor-
vehicle crashes. Age, sex, and body mass index (BMI) affect the risks of clinically significant …

Occupant stature and body shape may have significant effects on injury risks in motor
vehicle crashes, but the current finite element (FE) human body models (HBMs) only …

The chest is the most frequently injured body region in fatal and severe injury frontal
collisions, and mid-sternum deflection is used as an indicator for assessing the chest injury …

This study developed a parametric methodology to robustly predict occupant injuries
sustained in real-world crashes using a finite element (FE) human body model (HBM). One …

Changes in vehicle safety design technology and the increasing use of seat-belts and
airbag restraint systems have gradually changed the relative proportion of lower extremity …

Objective: The objective of this study was to discuss the influence of the pre-impact posture
to the response of a finite element human body model (HBM) in frontal impacts. Methods …