Forensic Epidemiology: A systematic approach to probabilistic determinations in disputed matters

Freeman, Michael; Rossignol, Annette MacKay; Hand, Michael L.

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.009

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“…In selected cases, identification of unique fractures improves the likelihood of accurate reconstruction of loading characteristics and description of circumstances of any particular event (11,12). As with other types of objective evidence of injury this may have judicial relevance in cases with conflicting evidence (16–18).…”

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Contributions from Forensic Imaging to the Investigation of Upper Cervical Fractures

Uhrenholt¹,

Boel²

2010

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Contributions from Forensic Imaging to the Investigation of Upper Cervical Fractures

Uhrenholt¹,

Boel²

2010

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…All forensic testimony is given as ''more probable or likely than not" or as a ''reasonable probability;" relatively interchangeable terms that serve as a quantifiable threshold that must be exceeded before the testimony is admissible. 9 Thus the expert must be ''more than 50% certain" that the opinion is correct. Using probabilistic language for such testimony is somewhat of a mischaracterization of an internal process of the expert, who has opined that he is more certain than not that his opinion is accurate or true, regardless of the methods used to arrive at the opinion.…”

Section: Forensic Biomechanics and Probabilitymentioning

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Applications and limitations of Forensic Biomechanics: A Bayesian perspective

Freeman

Kohles

2010

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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“…McLean subsequently adapted Miller et al's work for causation in instances of fibromyalgia after MVC [11]. All causal criteria can be distilled to a minimum of 3 common and essential elements, which are as follows [12,13]. 1There must be a biologically plausible or possible link between the exposure and the outcome.…”

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A Systematic Approach to Clinical Determinations of Causation in Symptomatic Spinal Disk Injury Following Motor Vehicle Crash Trauma

Freeman

Centeno²,

Kohles

2009

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Clinical determinations of causation in cases of intervertebral disk (IVD) injury after a motor vehicle crash (MVC) are often disputed in medicolegal settings. No published systematic guidelines exist for making such determinations, which has resulted in infringement by nonclinical personnel into injury causation evaluations, a traditionally clinical activity. The result is causal determinations that are potentially disconnected from clinical observations of injury. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the current literature on causation, causal determinations after trauma and IVD injury after MVC, and to develop a practicable, logical, and literature-based approach to causation determinations of symptomatic IVD injury after MVC. The results of the review indicate IVD injury can result from any MVC regardless of magnitude, thus meeting the first criteria of causation, biologic plausibility. Individual determinations of causation depend entirely on the temporal association between the collision and the symptom onset (the second criterion) and a lack of a more probable explanation for the symptoms (the third). When these causal elements are met, clinicians can assert causation on a "more probable than not" or "reasonable probability" basis. Because of a lack of an established or reliable relationship between collision force and the probability of IVD injury the investigation of collision parameters is not a useful adjunct to causal determinations.

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Forensic Epidemiology: A systematic approach to probabilistic determinations in disputed matters

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Contributions from Forensic Imaging to the Investigation of Upper Cervical Fractures

Contributions from Forensic Imaging to the Investigation of Upper Cervical Fractures

Applications and limitations of Forensic Biomechanics: A Bayesian perspective

A Systematic Approach to Clinical Determinations of Causation in Symptomatic Spinal Disk Injury Following Motor Vehicle Crash Trauma

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