Cervical spine injuries sustained by motorcyclists in road crashes in Malaysia
| Autor: | Shaw Voon Wong, R.S. Radin Umar, M.M.H. Megat Ahmad, Soo Shen Ooi, Azhar Azhar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Side impact business.industry Mechanical Engineering Transportation Rear-end collision Crash medicine.disease Cervical spine Cervical injury Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Head-on collision Car passenger medicine Forensic engineering Injury mechanisms Medical emergency business human activities |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Crashworthiness. 10:295-303 |
| ISSN: | 1754-2111 1358-8265 |
| DOI: | 10.1533/ijcr.2005.0348 |
| Popis: | This study looks at cervical spine injuries sustained by motorcyclists in motorcycle road crashes. The motorcyclist is relatively more exposed to road hazards compared to the protected car passenger. They are therefore more prone to injury than those traveling in any other form of transportation. The motorcycle is relatively less stable and accords little protection to passengers in road crashes compared to a four-wheeled vehicle. The cause of injury and injury mechanisms are more uncertain for a motorcyclist compared to a car driver. The objective of the present study is to correlate the motorcycle crash mode to the cervical injury sustained by motorcyclists in real-world scenes. Motorcyclists with cervical injuries admitted to the hospitals were selected for investigation. The types of injuries sustained were acquired from medical reports. Information on the crash scene and crash mode was obtained from police reports and interview sessions arranged with the motorcyclists involved in the crash. ... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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