@article{ref1,
title="Response of the human pelvis-femur-knee complex during low speed frontal impact",
journal="Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference",
year="2002",
author="Masson, Catherine and Vinel, H. and Brunet, Christian",
volume="30",
number="",
pages="11 p.-11 p.",
abstract="The biofidelity of the Hybrid III and THOR dummies is based on a well-defined set of performance requirements developed for each different body areas. However the ADRIA European project has identified the pelvis-femur-knee complex as a particular body area where biofidelity data are lacking. So the aim of this present work was to study the dynamic response of the knee-femur-pelvis complex and to establish biomechanical response corridors at low impact energy level. A total of 12 single sub-injury pendulum rigid impact tests were performed on the knees of 6 Post Mortem Human Subjects in a seated position with no back support. Each cadaver was instrumented with 3-D accelerometers fixed on the lower limb. Peak impact load and associated pulse duration were calculated. A cinematic analysis from high speed films supplied the human like behavior. Response corridors were established. Though subjects were not in driving posture, no-injury cadaver responses generated in this study are fundamental biomechanical reference data for the evaluation of knee-femur-pelvis complex behavior and provided data for the evaluation of biofidelity in mathematical models and anthropomorphic test devices.<p />",
language="en",
issn="2235-3151",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}