Research Article

Development and Validation of an Age-Specific Lower Extremity Finite Element Model for Simulating Pedestrian Accidents

Table 4

Biomechanical cadaver tests for lower extremities.

ItemCadaver testAge of the PMHS (YO)

Thigh and calfKerrigan et al. [35]58.5 ± 4.8/9.3
LigamentsDommelen et al. [35, 36]63 ± 3.3; 53.4 ± 9.9
KneeBose et al. [37]53.4 ± 9.9
The whole lower extremitiesKajzer et al. [38]51 ± 15