近年来国内外法医学者已报道了一些悬挂致死的案例，这类致死与法医学所描述的缢死、勒死、扼死不同，没有机械性外力直接作用于颈部，只是通过双上肢的捆绑，悬挂，双足离地，所致死亡。笔者通过动物实验，探讨了这类死亡的机理。认为悬挂造成呼吸肌协调障碍，呼吸功能失调， In recent years, domestic and foreign forensic scholars have reported a number of cases of hanging fatal, such fatal and forensic described 缢 death, strangulation, strangling different, no mechanical external force directly on the neck, but by bundling the upper extremities, hanging , Both feet off the ground, resulting in death. The author through animal experiments to explore the mechanism of such death. Suspension caused respiratory coordination disorders, respiratory dysfunction,