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Evaluating pregnant occupant restraints: the effect of local uterine compression on the risk of fetal injury.

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: In order to develop effective restraint systems for the pregnant occupant, injury criteria for determining fetal injury risk must be developed. This study presents computer simulations of a 30 week pregnant occupant that illustrate the importance of local uterine compression on the risk of fetal injury. Frontal impact simulations with a range of velocities and belt positions were used to identify the best correlation between local uterine compression and peak strain measured at the uterine-placental interface. It is suggested that future pregnant dummy development and specifically pregnant injury criteria should be based on local uterine compression relative to the placental attachment location.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Stefan M Duma, David M Moorcroft, Joel D Stitzel, Greg G Duma

Institutions: Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, Virginia Tech

Language: English

Topic: Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W41619026

FWCI: 0.421

Cites: 13

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10