PECHNÍKOVÁ, Markéta, Debora MAZZARELLI, Pasquale POPPA, Daniele GIBELLI, Emilio Scossa BAGGI and Cristina CATTANEO. Microscopic Pattern of Bone Fractures as an Indicator of Blast Trauma: A Pilot Study. Journal of Forensic Sciences. Hoboken: Wiley, 2015, vol. 60, No 5, p. 1140-1145. ISSN 0022-1198. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12818.
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Original name Microscopic Pattern of Bone Fractures as an Indicator of Blast Trauma: A Pilot Study
Authors PECHNÍKOVÁ, Markéta (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Debora MAZZARELLI, Pasquale POPPA, Daniele GIBELLI, Emilio Scossa BAGGI and Cristina CATTANEO.
Edition Journal of Forensic Sciences, Hoboken, Wiley, 2015, 0022-1198.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50404 Antropology, ethnology
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/15:00112629
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12818
UT WoS 000360985000004
Keywords in English forensic science; forensic anthropology; bone trauma; fracture morphology; osteons; blast trauma
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Abstract
The assessment of fractures is a key issue in forensic anthropology; however, very few studies deal with the features of fractures due to explosion in comparison with other traumatic injuries. This study focuses on fractures resulting from blast trauma and two types of blunt force trauma (manual compression and running over), applied to corpses of pigs; 163 osteons were examined within forty fractures by the transmission light microscopy. Blast lesions showed a higher percentage of fracture lines through the Haversian canal, whereas in other types of trauma, the fractures went across the inner lamellae. Significant differences between samples hit by blast energy and those runover or manually compressed were observed (p<0.05). The frequency of pattern A is significantly higher in exploded bones than in runover and compressed. Microscopic analysis of the fracture line may provide information about the type of trauma, especially for what concerns blast trauma.
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