Citation

Pope ME, Kroell CK, Viano DC, Warner CY, Allen SD. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1979; 23: 767-795.

Affiliation

General Motors Lab, Warren, Michigan, USA

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

The influence of body posture, and inherently support, on thoracic impact response was investigated in an animal model. Twelve anesthetized and postmortem domestic swine were exposed to blunt, midsternal loading while supported in their natural quadrupedal posture, and the results were compared with previously reported data from similar tests involving an upright body orientation. Measured mechanical responses included applied load, sternal and spinal accelerations, thoracic compression and aortic overpressure. Injury response was assessed from a thoracico-abdominal necropsy as well as pre- and post-impact electrocardiogram traces.

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