Bicycle helmet use to reduce the impact of head injuries in ladder users
| Autor: | Jeffrey K. Dutschke, Leigh R. Warren, Simon Harley, Christopher Dobbins, Andrew van den Berg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry education Head injury criterion Head injury technology industry and agriculture Poison control General Medicine equipment and supplies medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Closed head injury Injury prevention medicine Surgery 030212 general & internal medicine Accidental fall Medical emergency business human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | ANZ Journal of Surgery. 87:1026-1029 |
| ISSN: | 1445-1433 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ans.13447 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine if wearing a bicycle helmet during ladder use could reduce the incidence and severity of head injury in the event of a fall. METHODS: A headform model with inbuilt accelerometers was used to determine the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) score of head impact by dropping 41 helmeted and unhelmeted headforms from eight heights. These results were compared. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant difference between averaged HIC scores in helmeted and unhelmeted drops (P 50% to CONCLUSION: There was a significant decrease in the HIC scores when helmets are used and it is likely that the benefits would be seen in the clinical setting. These results provide an argument for the use of a bicycle helmets by all ladder users, in particular those over age 50 who are at increased risk of head injuries. We recommend that bicycle helmet use be incorporated into ladder injury prevention strategies. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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