Abstract:From an ethical point of view, it is extremely difficult to propose wellcontrolled pediatric subject study aiming at understanding the injury mechanisms and establishing the associated tolerance values. As the consequence, the current development of child anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) and corresponding injury assessment reference values (IARVs) is based on the scaling data obtained from adult human cadaveric experiments. However, the accuracy of such scaling techniques in use has not yet been confirmed. There is also great demand of pediatric experimental data to validate the numerical models for children. To address these issues, this paper provides a detailed review of the experimental data and experimental methods available in literatures for the structure responses of body regions of children, including head, neck, thorax, abdomen, extremities and pelvis. The sled tests of pediatric cadavers and volunteers are also reviewed. Lastly, current stateofart is analyzed and future studies are suggested.
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