title: Elastic properties of the human chest during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
abstract: Sternal displacement during CPR was measured in 11 adults and 2 manikins (Recording Resusci Anne) while the chest was compressed with variable maximum pulse compression force at a rate of 60/min with compression duration of 0.5-0.6 sec. In 10 patients, the pulsatile sternal elastic characteristic can be satisfactorily described with a 2nd degree polynomial F = beta Ds + gamma D2s, where beta = 54.9 +/- 29.4 (mean +/- SD) N/cm is the pulsatile initial elasticity and gamma = 10.8 +/- 4.1 N/cm2 is the posterior resiliency. The sternal characteristics of manikins were linear F = kDs with high elasticity constants, k = 131 and 142 N/cm. Therefore, the manikins tested differ significantly in elasticity characteristics from the human chest during resuscitation. In general, the manikin: (1) has markedly greater stiffness at the onset of compression, and (2) maintains a linear stiffness throughout the usual range of displacement, rather than becoming stiffer with greater chest displacement.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D012151:Resuscitation; D013249:Sternum / Q000502:physiology; D013909:Thorax / Q000502:physiology*