title: Age-Specific Injury Risk Curves for Distributed, Anterior Thoracic Loading of Various Sizes of Adults Based on Sternal Deflections.
abstract: Injury Risk Curves are developed from cadaver data for sternal deflections produced by anterior, distributed chest loads for a 25, 45, 55, 65 and 75 year-old Small Female, Mid-Size Male and Large Male based on the variations of bone strengths with age. These curves show that the risk of AIS ≥ 3 thoracic injury increases with the age of the person. This observation is consistent with NASS data of frontal accidents which shows that older unbelted drivers have a higher risk of AIS ≥ 3 chest injury than younger drivers.
authors.affiliation: General Motors Corporation (retired).
authors.forename: Harold J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Mertz
authors.affiliation: Prasad Engineering, LLC.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.affiliation: D. J. Dalmotas Consulting, Inc.
authors.forename: Dainius J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Dalmotas
authors.affiliation: General Motors LLC.
authors.forename: Annette L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Irwin
mesh_terms: D015998:Abbreviated Injury Scale; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D049628:Body Size; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009038:Motion; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013249:Sternum / Q000293:injuries*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*