Samenvatting
The availability of automotive airbags continues to increase in an effort to reduce traffic fatalities. Their benefits do not come without consequences, as front and side airbags have been linked—primarily through cadaver studies—to increased risks of upper and lower extremity injuries. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that occupants of vehicles equipped with side airbags (SAB), involved in side impact motor vehicle collisions, have an increased risk of upper extremity injury when compared to occupants of vehicles without side airbags. (Author/publisher)