DVE uses Biomechanics to establish the most likely mechanisms of injury. Biomechanics is a scientific discipline that examines the effects of forces on the human body, integrating the fields of medical and physical science. Biomechanics provides an appropriate framework in which to study injury mechanisms and causation. All mechanical injury arises from the effects of forces and motion imposed on tissues, exceeding tolerance levels. Biomechanical analysis can be used to unlock the forensic evidence embedded in an injury. 

Detailed injury descriptions can be used to reverse engineer the causation in the context of any claimed series of events. DVE identifies risk factors, evaluates injury prevention measures, and facilitates improvements in injury surveillance.

Understanding the Biomechanics of injury can lead to injury prevention strategies, a better understanding of risk factors and contributes to several other areas of research, such as child and adolescent injury, sport and recreational injury and occupational injury. DVE has carried out numerous sport science and injury prevention research projects and has created a number of safety-related products.

Biomechanics of Injury

The widespread use of Biomechanics capabilities in US litigation cases means that US attorneys typically have an indepth understanding of the mechanisms of injury.  Biomechanical analysis is cost effective and is supported by a large literature which is effectively a database of human injury thresholds. Despite it's effectiveness, Biomechanical analysis is typically underutilsed in Australia.

Through biomechanical reasoning based on the actual injury suffered, the moments and magnitude and direction of any forces can be determined with a level of accuracy that can rule out or verify reported circumstances.

A case can be bolstered by an indepth analysis of any fractures or other injury suffered at the time of the reported event which makes the determination more compelling.  In many cases, the Biomechanics method can be used to establish the order of magnitude and direction of application of forces and any moments at the time of the injury.  This can narrow down the possible body configuration at the time of the event. It is particularly useful where the evidence at the site is sparce, lost or not available, for example, it can be used to rule out some poses and body positions at a worksite.