Author, as appears in the article.: Suazo, Mario; Herrero, Joan; Fortuny, Gerard; Puigjaner, Dolors; Lopez, Josep M
Department: Enginyeria Química; Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
URV's Author/s: Fortuny Anguera, Gerard / Herrero Sabartés, Juan / López Besora, Josep Maria / Puigjaner Riba, Maria Dolores / Suazo Euceda, Mario José
Keywords: Thoracic response; Thoracic compressions; Stiffness; Ribs; Rib cage; Pressure; Model; Humans; Hospital cardiac-arrest; Hand; Force; Finite element simulation; Finite element analysis; Depth; Ct; Compression point; Chest compression; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Biomechanical response; Age
Abstract: The biomechanical response of a human rib cage to cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers was investigated by means of finite element simulations. We analyzed the effect of the location where the force was applied on the achieved compression depths and stress levels experienced by the breastbone and ribs. For compression locations on the breastbone, a caudal shift of the application area toward the breastbone tip resulted in a 17% reduction of the force required to achieve a target 5 cm compression depth. We found that the use of compression regions located on the costal cartilages would involve higher risk of rib fractures.
Thematic Areas: Software; Molecular biology; Modeling and simulation; Medicina ii; Medicina i; Mathematics, interdisciplinary applications; Mathematical & computational biology; Interdisciplinar; Engineering, biomedical; Engenharias iii; Engenharias i; Educação física; Computational theory and mathematics; Ciências biológicas ii; Ciência da computação; Biomedical engineering; Applied mathematics
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: gerard.fortuny@urv.cat; dolors.puigjaner@urv.cat; joan.herrero@urv.cat; josep.m.lopez@urv.cat
Record's date: 2025-02-18
Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cnm.3585
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Paper original source: International Journal For Numerical Methods In Biomedical Engineering. 38 (4): e3585-
APA: Suazo, Mario; Herrero, Joan; Fortuny, Gerard; Puigjaner, Dolors; Lopez, Josep M (2022). Biomechanical response of human rib cage to cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers: Effects of the compression location. International Journal For Numerical Methods In Biomedical Engineering, 38(4), e3585-. DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3585
Article's DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3585
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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