Multicenter analysis of CIREN occupant lumbar bone mineral density and correlation with age and fracture incidence.

CONCLUSIONS: Low lumbar vertebral bone quality is associated with an increased number of rib/sternum fractures and a greater incidence of thoracolumbar vertebral body fractures within the CIREN population analyzed. PMID: 27586100 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27586100?dopt=Abstract

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - August 31, 2016 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Saffarzadeh M, Hightower RC, Talton JW, Miller AN, Stitzel JD, Weaver AA Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research