The PROMIS model to highlight the importance of the foetus to the validation of a pregnant woman model

Abstract

The percentage of trauma during pregnancy related to road accident is between 50% and 75%. This type of trauma can result in premature birth or even foetal loss. To analyse and understand the injury mechanisms in pregnant women involved in a car accident, several studies proposed computational or physical tools to simulate accidents. Specific dummy and numerical models have been proposed and validated using experimental data from post-mortem human surrogate (PMHS) scaled with the equal-stress, equal-velocity scaling method to a pregnant woman. This study proposes to evaluate the reliability of this assumption and its scope.