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Insight Forensic
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Injury Analysis
At Insight Forensic, we specialize in evaluating a broad spectrum of injuries, including:
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Traumatic head and spinal injuries resulting from motor vehicle accidents.
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Shoulder injuries due to falls.
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Knee and hip fractures associated with workers' compensation claims.
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Intentional injuries occurring in nursing homes.
Our comprehensive biomechanical services encompass:
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Experiment design and data collection to gather precise information pertinent to each case.
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Reconstruction of injury mechanisms to understand the forces and motions involved.
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Simulations and visualizations using advanced modeling software to clarify complex scenarios.​
01 Biomechanical Analysis
We offer Biomechanical Analysis services to assess injury mechanisms and causation. Our experts evaluate how forces and movements during incidents impact the human body, providing insights into injury potential and severity. This analysis supports legal professionals in understanding the relationship between specific events and claimed injuries. Injury consistency focuses on evaluating whether the injuries claimed align with the physical evidence, accident dynamics, and reported mechanisms of harm. It bridges the gap between the event and the plausibility of the injuries based on biomechanics and science.
02 Occupant Kinematics
Biomechanics plays a crucial role in understanding how the human body moves and reacts during vehicle collisions. By analyzing occupant kinematics, experts can assess how forces and motions during an accident impact the body, providing insights into injury mechanisms. This evaluation combines physics, engineering, and human anatomy to reconstruct events, support causation analyses, and identify the relationship between occupant movements and potential injuries. Such analyses are invaluable for accident reconstruction, product liability, and ensuring vehicle safety standards.
03 Worker Compensation
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Understanding the mechanism of injury is a critical part of evaluating how an event caused a specific injury. This type of analysis examines the magnitude, direction, and location of forces and motions involved in an incident. Magnitude refers to the intensity of the forces applied during the event—whether the forces were sufficient to cause the claimed injury. Direction focuses on the path these forces take through the body, such as front-to-back, side-to-side, or rotational. Location identifies the exact points on the body where forces were applied and how those forces interacted with surrounding tissues and structures.
04 Slip, Trip and Fall Accidents
Biomechanics provides critical insight into understanding the mechanisms behind slip, trip, and fall injuries by analyzing body movements, forces, and environmental interactions. A trip often involves a forward motion caused by the foot encountering an obstacle or uneven surface, disrupting the body's balance and resulting in forward falls. In contrast, a slip occurs when insufficient friction causes the foot to slide backward, often leading to a loss of balance and backward falls. These distinct mechanisms can lead to different types of injuries, such as wrist or face injuries in forward falls and head or back injuries in backward falls. Biomechanical analysis helps identify contributing factors such as surface conditions, footwear, and body movements, enabling a comprehensive evaluation to support litigation, injury prevention, and workplace safety efforts.