Pelvis-Sacrum-Lumbar Spine Injury Characteristics From Underbody Blast Loading.

Narayan YoganandanJamie BaisdenJason MooreFrank PintarAditya VedantamSaman ShabaniDavid BarnesKathryn Loftis

Published in: Military medicine (2023)

With adequate time for the underbody blast loading to traverse the pelvis-sacrum-spine complex, distal structures are spared while proximal/spine structures sustain severe/unstable injuries. The time factor may have implications in seat and/or seat structure design in future military vehicles to advance warfighter safety.

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