Comparing Fracture Patterns of Younger versus Older Riders Involved in Non-Fatal Motorcycle Accidents.

CONCLUSIONS: Elderly patients sustained fractures more frequently. There was no difference between age groups with respect to injury severity. Mechanism of collision may have more influence than age with respect to fracture type and location. Further research is warranted to develop a more widely generalizable characterization of motorcycle collision injury patterns, risk factors, and patient characteristics. PMID: 29985641 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29985641?dopt=Abstract

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - July 9, 2018 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Ashie A, Wilhelm A, Carney D, DiPasquale T, Bush C Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research

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