Pediatric lumbar Chance fractures in British Columbia: Chart review and analysis of the use of shoulder restraints in MVAs

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1424-1429

  Louman Gardiner, Katherine ^a   Mulpuri, Kishore ^b   Perdios, Angeliki ^b   Tredwell, Stephen ^b   Cripton, Peter A ^a  

^a Division of Orthopaedic Engineering Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chance fracture; Flexion distraction; Injury prevention; Lumbar spine; Pediatric; Seat belt

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH; MECHANISMS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SHOULDERS (ROAD); SUBMARINES;

ABDOMINAL VISCERA; BRITISH COLUMBIA (CO); CHART DATA; ELSEVIER (CO); FUTURE WORK; HEAD INJURIES; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; NERVE INJURIES; SPINAL CORDS; SPINAL FRACTURE;

FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; SHOULDER; SPINE FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SHOULDER; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 46349104029     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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