Abstract
Relevant Issues in Forensic Biomechanics
Highlights
John Smith, One aspect of forensic biomechanics is the merger of what occurs in the real world with what is can be measured, analyzed and established in a laboratory
Injuries are well documented in actual collisions that do not appear to match the data from tests
The limitations of research in laboratories are well known but include restrictions on test subjects and boundaries on test conditions. With regard to the former, it is proper that living human subjects cannot be tested to failure. With regard to the latter, when biomechanically relevant variables are considered the test conditions can address very few of the more than one trillion permutations that can occur in a traumatic event
Summary
John Smith, One aspect of forensic biomechanics is the merger of what occurs in the real world with what is can be measured, analyzed and established in a laboratory. Test data shows volunteer subjects experiencing changes in velocity without injury at levels significantly greater than those where people are injured in collisions on the roadway. Injuries are well documented in actual collisions that do not appear to match the data from tests. With regard to the latter, when biomechanically relevant variables are considered the test conditions can address very few of the more than one trillion permutations that can occur in a traumatic event.
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