Neutralizing the odds: Biomechanical protection by adiposity offsets physiological burden to explain the trauma ’obesity-paradox’
Our findings strongly suggest that the "Obesity Paradox" in major trauma is not a mere statistical anomaly, but a reproducible phenomenon with a distinct mechanistic explanation: Biomechanical protection which results in a lower ISS, neutralizes the increased physiological and comorbidity burden of the obese state.
Authors
- Thierno D. Diallo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2017-1857)
- Johannes Kalbhenn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7551-5082)
- Hagen Schmal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8801-2385)
- Benjamin Erdle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8524-6779)
- Nils Mühlenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4226-5934)
- Maj Höhne
Institutions
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2025.112913
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.07
Funders
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg