Cranial-vertebral fractures and dislocations associated with steering wheel airbag deployment.

Author(s)
Huelke, D.F. & Reed, R.T.
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Abstract

From field investigations of 477 airbag deployments a number of cervical and craniocervical fractures and dislocations have been identified. Case histories of these injury types are presented. Injury mechanism appears to be due to distraction of the upper cervical at the junction of the base of the skull from upward forces produced by the airbag in association with possible airbag-chest interaction that augments the distraction forces. (A)

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C 11440 (In: C 11439 [electronic version only]) /80 /84 / IRRD 896529
Source

In: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles ESV, Melbourne, Australia, 13-16 May 1996, Volume 1, p. 110-115, 57 ref.

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