Helmet use during motorcycle crashes has been shown to decrease the risks of serious head injury by 69% and of mortality rate by 42%. Helmet use during motorcycle crashes (MCCs) has been shown to reduce traumatic brain injury and mortality. However, preventive effects of its use on cervical spine injury remain controversial. This article thus highlights a trial which could ascertain the role of helmets in the prevention of its use on cervical spine injury.
Type Of Study: Case Control Number of Participants: 2,600 Patients using data from the Emergency Department-based Injury In-depth Surveillance (EDIIS) between 2011 – 2016. Study Protocol: 1,145 patients used helmets at the time of crashes. Case-patients were eligible if they had a confirmed diagnosis of cervical spine injury Eligible patients fracture of the cervical vertebra and other parts of the neck (S12.0–S12.9), traumatic…
