Characteristic patterns of injury to children in automobile crashes resulting from lap and lap-
shoulder belts have been described for many years. These injuries are known as the “seat …

Patients who arrive at the emergency department (ED) with potential cervical spine injuries
pose a common challenge for emergency physicians (EPs). EPs should be prepared to …

There is currently no injury assessment for thoracic or lumbar spine fractures in the motor
vehicle crash standards throughout the world. Compression-related thoracolumbar fractures …

Incidence and pattern of traumatic spinal fractures and asso... : Medicine Incidence and pattern
of traumatic spinal fractures and associated spinal cord injury resulting from motor vehicle …

Background Traumatic injuries of the cervical spine are uncommon in pediatrics. Children
less than 8 years of age are reported to have" exclusively" upper cervical injuries. Recent …

Recent field data analyses have shown that lumbar spine fractures occurred more frequently
in late model vehicles than the early ones in frontal crashes. Therefore, the objective of this …

Background context Motor vehicle collisions (MVC) are a leading cause of thoracic and
lumbar (T and L) spine injuries. Mechanisms of injury in vehicular crashes that result in …

Study design: Retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected trauma database of a
Level 1 (tertiary) trauma center. Objective: To define the features of the cervical spinal …

The increased utilization of three-point restraint systems has greatly reduced the incidence
of spinal injuries in motor vehicle accidents. Nevertheless, several studies which rely upon …

Literature and field data from CIREN database have shown that lumbar spine injuries occur
during car crashes. There are multiple hypotheses regarding how they occur; however, there …