Long term Cervical Spine Distortion (CSD) injuries after rear end car to car collisions

In this case-control study technical and medical circumstances of CSD injury after rear-end car crashes are compared between patients showing different time spans to recover. Drivers with CSD injuries are divided into patients showing symptoms for more than 6 weeks and up to 6 months (80 controls) and chronic patients suffering for more than 6 months (22 cases). Statistical analysis is performed by applying Chi-Square and Mann-Whitney U-Test, documented are Odds Ratios with 95% confidence intervals and p-values. In general chronic CSD patients had been involved in biomechanically more complex rear end accident situations, but significantly higher frequencies are found for the factors low head-restraint positioning and psychological factors associated with time to recover. For the covering abstract see ITRD E134311.

• Authors:
  • SCHICK, S
  • HELL, W
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 4p
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2005 INTERNATIONAL IRCOBI CONFERENCE ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF IMPACT, HELD IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, SEPTEMBER 21-23 2005 VII - SHORT PRESENTATIONS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Conferences; Crash severity; Crashes; Injuries; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Rear end crashes; Spinal column; Vertebrae
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 6471: Analysis (math); 2060: Biomechanics; 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 8525: Conference; 2163: Injury; 6473: Mathematical model; 1620: Rear end collision; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 2041: Spinal column
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081823
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 29 2007 1:44PM