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2527980

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
The physical mechanism of blunt impact injuries to thoracic and abdominal viscera is often conveniently described simply in terms of "crush"--this is an over-simplification. Any impact to the torso does result in the rapid displacement of the body wall which may lacerate and contuse underlying viscera, but this simple explanation does not account for pathology at sites some distance from the contact point and does not adequately describe the dependence of the severity and location of injury upon the rate of energy transfer. Quite minor displacements of the body wall may produce serious injury if the body wall velocity is high. The motion of the body wall generates waves that propagate within the body and transfer energy to internal sites. The nature and properties of these waves are discussed in simple terms and the role of waves in the production of the characteristic injuries resulting from impact to the torso is presented.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0035-8665
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
135
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
58-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Biophysics of impact injury to the chest and abdomen.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Division, Chemical Defence Establishment, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article