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  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Computational Biology

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  • Thoracic injuries, including rib fractures, are common in dynamic impact events and correlate with injury severity.
  • Previous research on isolated ribs under impact often overlooked anatomical and material property variability within populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of population-wide variability in rib shape and cortical bone mechanical properties on rib biomechanical response to impact loading.
  • To develop a computational framework for assessing rib injury risk considering biological variability.

Main Methods:

  • Probabilistic finite element analysis (FEA) and statistical shape modeling were employed to simulate isolated rib behavior under dynamic loading.
  • A response surface model was generated from FEA results to efficiently predict rib force-displacement responses across varying morphometry and material properties.
  • Computational force-displacement corridors were created for a general population and a specific subgroup (older, mid-sized males).

Main Results:

  • The computational model demonstrated good agreement with experimental data, with low Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) for peak forces.
  • Normalized area metrics indicated reasonable overlap between experimental and computational corridors, validating the model's predictive capability.
  • Probabilistic sensitivity analysis identified rib cortical bone elastic modulus, overall rib morphometry, and cortical thickness as the primary contributors to variability in predicted force-displacement responses.

Conclusions:

  • The developed framework effectively incorporates population-wide biological variability into biomechanical simulations of rib impact response.
  • Understanding the influence of rib shape and material properties is crucial for improving the accuracy and generalizability of injury prediction models.
  • This approach has the potential to enhance the design of protective equipment and inform clinical assessments of thoracic trauma.