Abstract
In this paper, Finite Element Method (FEM) skeletal model of 6-year-old child was developed to analyze child movement and injury. Because there are few three dimensional child skeletal data, adult FEM model was scaled down to child size, pelvis model was newly created from X-ray CT images obtained from the scan of 6-year-old child pelvis bones and the thoracic part was mechanically expanded for size adjustment. As verification, the size discrepancy between child FEM model and human 6-year-old child was less than about 10%, the calculated movable range of hip joint was close to measured one and calculated bending strength by FEM model was nearly equal to measured bending strength by experiment.
