Spinal Fracture-Dislocations and Spinal Cord Injuries in Motor Vehicle Crashes.

Conclusions: Spinal cord injury occurred in one out of 1,860 front-seat occupants in tow-away crashes. The rate was highest in rollover crashes and was reduced by seatbelt use. Fracture-dislocation of the spine occurred about 5.3 times more often than SCI and was also prevented by seatbelt use. PMID: 24433030 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24433030?dopt=Abstract

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - January 16, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Parenteau CS, Viano DC Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research

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