@inbook{5cedfd3507ad4062bc3d2a3a26f9fe29,
title = "Ribs",
abstract = "Rib fractures in paediatric patients usually result from static loading (compression) or dynamic impact loading (direct impact trauma to the ribs). In young children rib fractures are usually caused by static loading, while in mobile older children and in adolescents rib fractures are usually caused by dynamic impact loading. However, it should be noted that still there is no clear understanding of what forces and mechanisms of injury are exactly required to produce rib fractures. This is mainly because in vivo experiments in children are impossible. The information on trauma mechanism reflects what is accepted as plausible in medical science.This chapter describes the circumstances under which rib fractures occur before, during and after birth with emphasis on the difference between accidental and non-accidental (inflicted) injury.In addition, penetrating chest trauma is discussed, as well as diseases and normal variants that can simulate (healed) rib fractures.",
keywords = "Cause and manner of penetrating chest trauma, Cause and manner of rib fractures, Differential diagnosis, Epidemiology, Penetrating chest trauma, Rib fractures",
author = "Terlingen, {Heike C.} and Bilo, {Rob A. C.} and Affourtit, {Marjo J.} and Robben, {Simon G. F.} and {van Rijn}, {Rick R.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2010, 2023.",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12041-1_7",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031120404",
series = "Forensic Aspects of Paediatric Fractures: Differentiating Accidental Trauma from Child Abuse, Second Edition",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing",
pages = "233--280",
booktitle = "Forensic Aspects of Paediatric Fractures",
}