TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Incidence and Injury Mechanisms of Tibia Head Fractures among Pedestrians
JO  - Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference
A1  - Lanz, C.
A1  - Walz, Felix H.
A1  - Muser, Markus H.
A1  - Schmitt, K.u.
A1  - Otte, Dietmar
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VL  - 34
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N2  - The paper focuses on the incidence of tibia head fractures sustained in car-pedestrian accidents. The AIS scores for tibia fractures are presented, especially the differences between AIS 1990 and 2005 and its implications on the statistics. A review of the literature is given of which no conclusions to the true incidence of knee injury can be drawn. A sample of pedestrian accidents of the Medical University Hanover (MUH) is closely examined; however, no single parameter correlating with the risk of tibia head fractures in pedestrians can be identified statistically or technically. Nevertheless, biomechanical circumstances under which a tibia head fracture may occur can be identified. It is questionable whether those circumstances are reproduced by the current leg impactor tests.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2235-3151
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -