Lateral head impacts and protection of the temporal area by bicycle safety helmets

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1440-1445

  Depreitere, Bart ^a,b   Van Lierde, Carl ^a   Sloten, Jos Vander ^a   Van Der Perre, Georges ^a   Van Audekercke, Remy ^a   Plets, Christiaan ^a   Goffin, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bicycle helmet; Head injuries; Head protective devices; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CADAVER; HELMET; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; ZYGOMA;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; SKULL FRACTURES; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 34250310349     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000221472.68873.fb     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Fife D, Davis J, Tate L, et al. Fatal injuries to bicyclists: the experience of Dade County, Florida. J Trauma. 1983;23:745-755.
2. Oström M, Bjornstig U, Naslund K, et al. Pedal cycling fatalities in Northern Sweden. Int J Epidemiol. 1993;22:483-488.
3. Wood T, Milne P. Head injuries to pedal cyclists and the promotion of helmet use in Victoria, Australia. Accid Anal Prev. 1988;20:177-185.
4. Rivara FP, Thompson DC, Thompson RS. Epidemiology of bicycle injuries and risk factors for serious injury. Inj Prev. 1997;3:110-114.
5. Thomas S, Acton C, Nixon J, et al. Effectiveness of bicycle helmets in preventing head injury in children: case-control study. BMJ. 1994;308:173-176.
6. Thompson RS, Rivara FP, Thompson DC. A case-control study of the effectiveness of bicycle safety helmets. N Engl J Med. 1989;320:1361-1367.
7. Thompson DC, Rivara FP, Thompson RS. Effectiveness of bicycle safety helmets in preventing head injury. A case-control study. JAMA. 1996;276:1968-1973.
8. Thompson DC, Rivara FP, Thompson R. Helmets for preventing head and facial injuries in bicyclists. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(2):CD001855.
9. Attewell RG, Glase K, McFadden M. Bicycle helmet efficacy: a meta-analysis. Accid Anal Prev. 2001;33:345-352.
10. Curnow WJ. The efficacy of bicycle helmets against brain injury. Accid Anal Prev. 2003;35:287-292.
11. Curnow WJ. The Cochrane collaboration and bicycle helmets. Accid Anal Prev. 2005;37:569-573.
12. Kroon PO, Bunketorp O, Romanus B. The protective effect of bicycle helmets. Proceedings of the 1986 International Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. 1986:249-260.
13. Depreitere B, Van Lierde C, Maene S, et al. Bicycle-related head injury: a study of 86 cases. Accid Anal Prev. 2004;36:561-567.
14. Williams M. The protective performance of bicyclists' helmets in accidents. Accid Anal Prev. 1991;23:119-131.
15. McIntosh A, Dowdell B. A field and laboratory study of the performance of pedal cycle helmets in real accidents. Proceedings of the 1992 International Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. 1992;51-60.
16. Allsop DL, Perl TR, Warner CY. Force/deflection and fracture characteristics of the temporo-parietal region of the human head. Proceedings of the 35th Stapp Car Crash Conference. 1991;269-278.
17. Got C, Platel A, Fayon A, et al. Results of experimental head impacts on cadavers: the various data obtained and their relations to some measured physical parameters. Proceedings of the 22nd Stapp Car Crash Conference. 1978;57-99.
18. Hodgson VR, Thomas LM. Breaking Strength of the Human Skull vs. Impact Surface Curvature. Springfield, VA: U.S. Department of Transportation HS-800-583; 1971.
19. McIntosh A, Svensson N, Kallieris D, et al. Head impact tolerance in side impacts. Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles. 1996;1273-1280.
20. Consumer Product Safety Commission (U.S.). Safety standard for bicycle helmets. Fed Regist. 1998;63:11711-11747.
21. Snell Memorial Foundation. 1995 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use With Bicycles- 1998 Revision; 2000.
22. Kraus JF, Rice TM, Peek-Asa C, et al. Facial trauma and the risk of intracranial injury in motorcycle riders. Ann Emerg Med. 2003;41:18-26.
23. Mohan D, Kajzer J, Bawa-Bhalla KS, et al. Impact modelling studies for a three-wheeled scooter taxi. Accid Anal Prev. 1997;29:161-170.
24. Committee for European Normalization (European Community). Helmets for pedal cyclists and for users of skateboards and roller skates. EN 1078; 1997.