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Blunt force skeletal trauma research methods, supported by, limited by,…
Blunt force skeletal trauma research methods
Authors argue that a new methodology of combining the medical field, engineering, and forensic anthropology could improve trauma analysis
A combination of case studies and experimental studies has the potential to improve trauma analysis
Gives opportunity for large scale comparisons and demonstrates severity in a medicolegal context
Overview of disciplinary approaches to blunt force trauma
Forensic Anthropology
Largely descriptive analyzations of skeletal trauma and most common approach is to reverse engineer through case studies
Case studies
Helpful for trend investigations, identifying future research, and documentation of rare trauma
Experiments
Used to validate assumptions or support interpretations
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Engineering
Injury biomechanics
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Medical
Comprehensive fracture classification systems and helps by offering frequency and severity of injury
AO/OTA AOCMF AIS MAIS ISS NISS
Gaps or limitations to disciplinary approaches
Forensic Anthropology
Fracture methodologies have not been fully explored or understood, reliance on experience and experimental research for interpretations
Typically do not meet courtroom standards due to small sample sizes, nonhuman samples and lack of biomechanical expertise
Dependent on experiential knowledge, intuition, and other specialists, not research based experience
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Engineering
Biomechanical principles not designed for osteological material and cannot be directly applied to bone trauma analysis and small sample sizes
HBM are a good start but need more data on human tissues and better experimental testing methods
Medical
Use of AIS scale on living population limits bone trauma analysis, researchers would need extra certification to use AIS scale
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Harden, A. L., Stull, K. E., Bolte, J. H., IV, Kang, Y. S., & Agnew, A. M. (2023). Blunt force skeletal trauma
research method: A multidisciplinary perspective. Forensic Anthropology, 6(2), 79–91.