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Roberts Center for Pediatric Research 2716 South Street, 13th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19146
RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
Principal Investigator: Rachel Myers, PhD
The goal of this study is to create a unique source of epidemiologic crash data that enables novel description of use and installation patterns of child restraints among crash-involved children and— following linkage with hospital discharge and death certificate data—novel description of child occupant injury outcomes based on restraint use and installation (rear- vs. forward-facing).
2014-2015
- Advanced Automatic Crash Notification for Children Yr2
Principal Investigator: Andrea Doud, MD
Principal Investigator: Joel Stitzel, PhD, and Andrea Doud, MD, Wake Forest University Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma
- Effectiveness of Top Tether on Angular Kinematics of CRS and ATD in Side Impacts
Principal Investigator: Yun Seok Kang, PhD
Efforts have been made by child restraint system (CRS) manufacturers to improve the effectiveness of CRS in side impacts, and various methods of attaching the CRS to the vehicle structure have been developed and validated. The Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) system standardizes the method to attach CRS to vehicles without using a seat belt in the US, yet its effectiveness on the angular kinematics of the CRS and occupant has not been well…- Exploration of the Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Teen Driving Behavior
Principal Investigator: Yi-Ching Lee, PhD
New technologies such as in-vehicle monitoring systems offer the potential to improve safety by generating alerts and positive feedback when certain driving practices are detected. With the combination of positive feedback and motivational incentives, behaviors from risk-taking-prone teen and young drivers may be changed to be more positive and less risky. This study aims to understand the effect of positive reinforcement on the shaping of teen and youth…- Side Air Bag Interaction with Children Seated in the Vehicle Environment (Multiple Year Project)
- The long-term objective of this research is to assess whether side air bags (curtain and/or torso) provide a protective benefit for pediatric occupants in the rear seat environment in automobile crashes. The research should provide insight into the injury risk and causation of common injuries sustained by children involved in side impacts with a deploying side air bag.
- Dynamic Comparison of Large Omni-directional Child ATD to Pediatric Volunteers
Principal Investigator: Thomas Seacrist, MBE
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injury for children worldwide. Mitigation of these injuries requires the use of biofidelic anthropomorphic test devices (ATD) to properly design and evaluate motor vehicle safety systems. Traditionally, pediatric ATDs have been benchmarked against response corridors that have been scaled from adult biomechanical data, and often these scaling efforts were hindered by a lack of appropriate…- Quantifying Children’s Posture in the Rear Seat: A Naturalistic Study (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Kristy Arbogast, PhD
The long-term goal of this research is to improve test conditions and optimize restraint systems to mitigate injury to actual child occupants in real world crash scenarios. The objective is to quantify the positions and postures that rear seat child occupants assume while riding in vehicles in order to provide data for development of both technological and educational interventions to mitigate injuries due to sub-optimal positioning. The specific aim…- Optimization of Recline Angle in Rear-facing Child Restraint Systems
Principal Investigator: John H. Bolte IV, PhD
Rear-facing child restraint systems (RF CRS) are designed to absorb and distribute crash forces throughout the child’s back and into the CRS. The majority of RF CRS are meant to be installed with a recline angle around 30° to 45° from vertical. However, the origins of this guideline are not clear, nor are the consequences of straying from it. The long term research goal of this study is to optimize the recline angle of RF CRS to provide optimal crash…- Association Between NCAP Ratings and Real-world Rear Seat Occupant Risk of Injury
Principal Investigator: Allison Curry, PhD
Currently, little is known about the relationship between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) US New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) 5-star ratings and the real-world risk of injury to restrained rear seat occupants of all ages. The objective of this research is to investigate how NCAP’s current rating system predicts risk of serious and fatal injury to rear seat occupants. The long-term goal is to identify priority areas to target…- The Promise of Digital Communication Technology to Advance Car Seat Installation
- Misuse of child restraint systems (CRS) through improper installation or inappropriate restraint use continues to be a major contributor to child fatalities in motor vehicle collisions. This formative CChIPS research project aimed to gain insights into parents’ and caretakers’ appropriate installation of car seats using both manufacturer’s user manuals and online information; to understand perceptions about the use of smartphone applications to improve installations; and to lay a foundation for the development of a mobile tool prototype specifically geared to support parents and caretakers in…
2012-2013
- Quantifying Children’s Posture in the Rear Seat: A Naturalistic Study (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Kristy Arbogast, PhD
The long-term goal of this research is to improve test conditions and optimize restraint systems to mitigate injury to actual child occupants in real world crash scenarios. The objective is to quantify the positions and postures that rear seat child occupants assume while riding in vehicles in order to provide data for development of both technological and educational interventions to mitigate injuries due to sub-optimal positioning. The specific aim…- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using sled…
2013-2014
- Quantifying Children’s Posture in the Rear Seat: A Naturalistic Study (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Kristy Arbogast, PhD
The long-term goal of this research is to improve test conditions and optimize restraint systems to mitigate injury to actual child occupants in real world crash scenarios. The objective is to quantify the positions and postures that rear seat child occupants assume while riding in vehicles in order to provide data for development of both technological and educational interventions to mitigate injuries due to sub-optimal positioning. The specific aim…- Side Air Bag Interaction with Children Seated in the Vehicle Environment (Multiple Year Project)
- The long-term objective of this research is to assess whether side air bags (curtain and/or torso) provide a protective benefit for pediatric occupants in the rear seat environment in automobile crashes. The research should provide insight into the injury risk and causation of common injuries sustained by children involved in side impacts with a deploying side air bag.
- Anthropometry Update: Is the 6-year old ATD Representative of Age-matched Children?
Principal Investigator: Amanda Agnew, PhD
This study investigates whether the quality of anthropometric data, as it pertains vehicle safety, will improve when direct methods are used to collect it, and whether current ATDs can be improved with CRS-specific anthropometric data bases. The objective of this project is to determine whether currently-accepted anthropometric data, upon which pediatric ATDs are designed, are an accurate representation of children ages 4-7 years sitting in booster seats…- Exploration of the Effect of Positive Reinforcement on Teen Driving Behavior(2013-2014)
Principal Investigator: Yi-Ching Lee, PhD
Principal Investigator: Yi-Ching Lee, PhD, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- An Assessment of Injury for Pediatric Motor Vehicle Occupants with Premature or Delayed Graduation from Forward-facing to Booster Restraint
Principal Investigator: Caitlin Locey, BS
The broad long-term goal of this research is to assess whether forward-facing harness-based child restraints provide a greater protective benefit than belt-positioning boosters for children of similar age or size in motor vehicle crashes. A secondary goal is to identify patterns of injury and injury causation scenarios for this population.- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using sled…- Comparing FMVSS 213 Sled Test to the Full-scale Vehicle Crash Environment (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
The long-term goal of this study is to determine the effect of geometric and material modifications to the FMVSS 213 bench on the ability of the bench, used in regulatory sled testing, to replicate a real vehicle seat in a crash.- Child Restraint System Misuse in the Field and in Full-Vehicle Crash Tests (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
The objectives of this research are to: (1) convert from paper to digital format and analyze the field misuse data from the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project (PA TIPP) checkpoints, to further clarify behavior in the modern CRS consumer beyond what has been currently established, and (2) explain the performance of properly used and misused CRS in full-scale vehicle crashes, adding valuable data to previously published studies using…
2011-2012
- Comparing FMVSS 213 Sled Test to the Full-scale Vehicle Crash Environment (Multiple Year Project)
Principal Investigator: Matthew R. Maltese, PhD
The long-term goal of this study is to determine the effect of geometric and material modifications to the FMVSS 213 bench on the ability of the bench, used in regulatory sled testing, to replicate a real vehicle seat in a crash.