Citation

Amtmann E. Prax. Klin. Pneumol. 1979; 33(Suppl 1): 373-378.

Vernacular Title

Architektonische Konstruktion des Thorax.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

461312

Abstract

Blunt traumata cause injury to the thorax and intrathoracic organs by deforming the chest wall and the enclosed structures. Neither examination of the dead person and re-enactment of the accident nor experimental studies on the living or dead person can fully elucidate the course of events. A more satisfactory approach is to use biomechanic models to simulate the structure of the thorax and the type of deformation it undergoes when subjected to various traumata. Such an elasto-static analysis presupposes knowledge of (1) the global geometry of the thorax; (2) the cross sectional geometry of the individual components; (3) the mechanical properties of the material; (4) the force of the impact; (5) concomitant conditions. The results obtained with the models are reviewed. They make it possible to predict the deformation of the thorax in response to the force of the impact, the location and type of fracture of the ribs and the deformation of the intrathoracic organs.

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