High-Speed Impact Testing and Injury Assessment of Whole Bones

Human bones are vulnerable to injury from a wide range of events, such as falls, automotive crashes, and sporting collisions, to name a few. In order to evaluate protective measures, the injury limits of whole bones need to be established through impact testing, which is typically done on cadavers. This allows investigation of the factors that influence injury, and using statistical methods, safety limits can be established, which are used by …