Finite element methods in human head impact simulations: a review

A Madhukar, M Ostoja-Starzewski - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2019 - Springer
Head impacts leading to traumatic brain injury (TBI) present a major health risk today,
projected to become the third leading cause of death by 2020. While finite element (FE) …

Cerebral blood vessel damage in traumatic brain injury

KL Monson, MI Converse, GT Manley - Clinical biomechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury is a devastating cause of death and disability. Although injury of brain
tissue is of primary interest in head trauma, nearly all significant cases include damage of …

Biomechanics of acute subdural hematoma in the elderly: a fluid-structure interaction study

Z Zhou, X Li, S Kleiven - Journal of neurotrauma, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) caused by bridging vein (BV) rupture is a frequent and
lethal brain injury, especially in the elderly. Brain atrophy has been hypothesized to be a …

Regional mechanical and biochemical properties of the porcine cortical meninges

DR Walsh, AM Ross, S Malijauskaite, BD Flanagan… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The meninges are pivotal in protecting the brain against traumatic brain injury (TBI), an
ongoing issue in most mainstream sports. Improved understanding of TBI biomechanics and …

Detection of bridging veins rupture and subdural haematoma onset using a finite element head model

GFJ Migueis, FAO Fernandes, M Ptak, M Ratajczak… - Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background One of the most severe traumatic brain injuries, the subdural haematoma, is
related to damage and rupture of the bridging veins, generating an abnormal collection of …

Cerebral vascular strains in dynamic head impact using an upgraded model with brain material property heterogeneity

W Zhao, S Ji - Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cerebral vascular injury (CVI) is a frequent consequence of traumatic brain injury but has
often been neglected. Substantial experimental work exists on vascular material properties …

Mechanical and structural characterisation of the dural venous sinuses

DR Walsh, JJ Lynch, DT O'Connor, DT Newport… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The dural venous sinuses play an integral role in draining venous blood from the cranial
cavity. As a result of the sinuses anatomical location, they are of significant importance when …

Mechanical behavior of blood vessels: elastic and viscoelastic contributions

D Sánchez-Molina, S García-Vilana, J Llumà, I Galtés… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A frequent type of injuries in traffic collisions and falls from a moderate
height is associated with subdural hematomas caused by the mechanical failure of cerebral …

Prediction of subdural haematoma based on a detailed numerical model of the cerebral bridging veins

JMC Costa, FAO Fernandes, RJA de Sousa - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury is one of the major causes of death and disability in the world. One of
the most frequent and deadly injury resulted from a head trauma is acute subdural …

Revealing the role of material properties in impact-related injuries: Investigating the influence of brain and skull density variations on head injury severity

H Abdi, D Sánchez-Molina, S García-Vilana… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) resulting from head impacts are a major public health concern,
which prompted our research to investigate the complex relationship between the material …