Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Department of Engineering Fundamentals, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2021 Apr;24(5):517-526. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2020.1837119. Epub 2020 Oct 29.
A finite element (FE) model of an 11-month-old child's femur was developed to evaluate fracture risk in short-distance feet-first falls and bed falls. Pediatric material properties were applied to the FE model. Femur loading was derived from previously conducted fall experiments using a child surrogate where fall conditions (e.g., fall height, impact surface) were varied. Fracture thresholds based on principal stress and strain were used to examine potential for fracture. Peak stress/strain were significantly greater for feet-first falls from greater heights and onto harder impact surfaces. Feet-first falls exceeded some, but not all fracture thresholds. Bed falls did not exceed any fracture thresholds.
建立了一个 11 个月大婴儿股骨的有限元(FE)模型,以评估短距离足先着地跌倒和床坠落的骨折风险。将儿科材料特性应用于 FE 模型。股骨的加载是从先前使用儿童替身进行的跌倒实验中得出的,其中改变了跌倒条件(例如,跌倒高度、冲击表面)。基于主应力和应变的骨折阈值用于检查潜在的骨折风险。从更高的高度和更硬的冲击表面足先着地的跌倒会导致峰值应力/应变显著增加。足先着地的跌倒超过了一些但不是所有的骨折阈值。床坠落没有超过任何骨折阈值。