Objectives: To estimate the contribution of driver sleepiness to the causes of car crash injuries. Design: Population based case control study. Setting: Auckland region of New …
Written by two leading chiropractic authorities, this Third Edition helps the reader understand, assess, diagnose, and treat whiplash injuries (cervical acceleration …
MORE CANADIAN CHILDREN DIE OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES than of any other cause. Nonuse and misuse of child restraints is common and leads to preventable severe injuries …
Objective Automobile booster seats are intended to improve belt fit for children that are too large for a harness-style child restraint, but not yet big enough to fit properly in an adult seat …
KB Arbogast, RW Kent, RA Menon… - Journal of Trauma …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background: Previous research has identified key predictors of elevated abdominal injury risk in seat belt-restrained child vehicle occupants; however these data cannot be used to …
LS Wilson Jr, MS Mizel… - Foot & ankle …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: We studied foot and ankle (F/A) injuries that occurred in motor vehicle accidents treated in a Level 1 trauma center. Methods: The records of F/A injuries of 2248 …
SI Halman, M Chipman, PC Parkin, JG Wright - Bmj, 2002 - bmj.com
Objective: To study effectiveness of seat belts for protecting school age children in road vehicle crashes. Design: Crash examinations by trained investigators. Setting: Ten …
The abdomen is the second most commonly injured region in children using adult seat belts, but engineers are limited in their efforts to design systems that mitigate these injuries since …
Background Shaken baby syndrome occurs following inertial loading of the pediatric head, resulting in retinal hemorrhaging, subdural hematoma, and encephalopathy. However, the …