It may seem grim but I can imagine this kind of study conducted on cadavers. I can also imagine an immediate application of the results as well: law enforcement and social workers need the results to help them evaluate injuries in senior care facilities. I can imagine there's more than a few people who stand accused of injuries to senior adults who might exonerated if this information was available.

I do hope that the original question was directed at determining the limits of manufacturing processes but without a more complete background to the original query, it's hard to know!