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Mechanical mechanism and indicator of diffuse axonal injury under blast-type acceleration.
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Journal of biomechanics [J Biomech] 2023 Jul; Vol. 156, pp. 111674. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 03. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) caused by acceleration is one of the most prominent forms of blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury. However, the mechanical mechanism and indicator of axonal deformation-induced injury under blast-type acceleration with high peak and short duration are unclear. This study constructed a multilayer head model that can reflect the response characteristics of translational and rotational acceleration (the peak time of which is within 0.5 ms). Based on von Mises stress, axonal strain and axonal strain rate indicators, the physical process of axonal injury is studied, and the vulnerable area under blast-type acceleration load is given. In the short term (within 1.75 ms), dominated by sagittal rotational acceleration peaks, the constraint of falx and tentorium rapidly imposes the inertial load on the brain tissue, resulting in a high-rate deformation of axons (axonal strain rate of which exceed 100 s <superscript>-1</superscript> ). For a long term (after 1.75 ms), fixed-point rotation of the brain following the head causes excessive distortion of brain tissue (von Mises stress of which exceeds 15 kPa), resulting in a large axonal stretch strain where the main axonal orientation coincides with the principal strain direction. It is found that the axonal strain rate can better indicate the pathological axonal injury area and coincides with external inertial loading in the risk areas, which suggests that DAI under blast-type acceleration overload is mainly caused by the rapid axonal deformation instead of by the excessive axonal strain. The research in this paper helps understand and diagnose blast-induced DAI.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-2380
- Volume :
- 156
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of biomechanics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37300977
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111674