How Safe Is Your Motorcycle Helmet?

Albuquerque, Carlos Eduardo Lopes; Arcanjo, Francisco Plácido Nogueira; Cristino-Filho, Gerardo; Lopes-Filho, Antônio Mont'Alverne; Almeida, Paulo César de; Prado, Roberto; Pereira-Stabile, Cecília Luiz

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2013.10.017

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“…Despite the presence of recent reports addressing trauma outcomes and costs of health care among helmeted and unhelmeted patients, [2][3][4][5]7 only 19 states have universal helmet laws that require all motorcyclists to wear helmets at the time of preparation of this article. Twenty-eight states require some motorcyclists to wear helmets, and three states (New Hampshire, Illinois, and Iowa) have no laws regarding motorcycle helmet use.…”

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“…4 Lopes Albuquerque et al found that open-faced helmet riders had higher rates of traumatic brain injuries than closed-faced helmet riders, but openfaced and closed-faced helmets had similar facial injury severity scores (FISS). 5 Another study found that open-faced helmet riders were twice as likely to require an operation as those wearing full-faced helmets. 6 To get further insight into the clinical outcomes and pattern of craniofacial skeleton trauma among helmeted and unhelmeted patients, we sought to review our institutional experience.…”

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Helmet Wear and Craniofacial Trauma Burden: A Plea for Regulations Mandating Protective Helmet Wear

Harvey

Gibreel

Charafeddine

et al. 2017

Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction

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Helmet wear offers protection in various ways against craniomaxillofacial and brain trauma. The specific pattern and overall burden of craniofacial trauma among helmeted and unhelmeted patients has not been well defined. This is a retrospective review of trauma patients involved in documented helmet-associated injuries that presented to the Mayo Clinic Emergency Department in Rochester, Minnesota, and completed initial trauma evaluation between 1999 and 2015. A total of 417 patients (50% unhelmeted, 82% male) were identified. The median age at injury was 22.9 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 15.2-44.2]) and median follow-up was 26 months ([IQR: 2.2-64.8]). The majority of injuries involved motorcycle accidents (57.6%), bicycles (30.2%), and other modes of injury (12.7%). The mean Glasgow Coma Score (GSC) at the time of presentation was 14.2 (SD ± 2.4) and mean injury severity score (ISS) was 10.2 (SD ± 7.5). Motorcycle accidents had a higher mean ISS compared with other modes of injury ( = 0.048). Unhelmeted patients were more likely to sustain scalp lacerations ( < 0.0001), facial bone fractures ( = 0.01), scalp hematomas ( = 0.041), skull fractures ( = 0.017), and are more likely to require hospital admission ( = 0.0003). Unhelmeted patients' hospital length of stay was on average 2 days longer than helmeted patients' stay ( = 0.0721). Unhelmeted patients were more likely to require out-of-home placement than helmeted patients. Among trauma patients, helmet use was associated with less scalp lacerations and hematomas, facial bones fractures, skull fractures, and need for hospital admission. Adoption of legislation and regulations mandating protective helmet use in all states are strongly encouraged to minimize the burden of craniofacial injuries among unhelmeted patients.

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Helmet Wear and Craniofacial Trauma Burden: A Plea for Regulations Mandating Protective Helmet Wear

Harvey

Gibreel

Charafeddine

et al. 2017

Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction

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“…This is in accordance with other studies conducted by several authors who have indicated a higher male to female ratio in road traffic accidents. 6,[12][13][14][15][16] The incidence of injuries in male patients was significantly more as compared with that in females. This can be due to the fact that more numbers of male population ride two-wheelers in the city in general.…”

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The Role of Helmet Fastening in Motorcycle Road Traffic Accidents

Arif

Rajanikanth

Prasad

2019

Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction

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Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among the Indian population. Motorcycle accidents are the most prominent type of injuries among road traffic accidents in India. In this prospective cross-sectional study, all the patients attending three centers in north Bangalore, with facial injuries occurring from a motorcycle accident, were included. The subjects were analyzed for the type of collision, helmet use, type of helmet use, and fastening status of the helmets. A total of 311 motorcyclists were included in this study for a period of 18 months (December 2015 to June 2017). There were 79.7% males and 20.3% females. The most prominent age group was 21 to 30 years. The percentage of riders sustaining facial injuries was significantly more in the non-helmeted group. The most common injuries in open face helmets were in the middle and lower third of the face, whereas in closed face helmets it was in the middle third of the face. The numbers of injuries were significantly higher in the nonfastened helmet group as compared with fastened helmet group. Helmet fixation is an important characteristic along with helmet type for the better effectiveness and safety of the helmets for the motorcyclists.

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“…An epidemic that affects mainly the young damages a country's future. 9 From 11 studies, 1,5,6,8,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] car accidents were involved in 43% of TBI, as compared with motorbike (30%) and pedestrian (27%). Of the six studies 1,6,11,12,14,15 (n = 1,753) including a pedal bicycles category, car dropped slightly to 40%, while motorbike and pedestrian were both associated with 23% of TBI and pedal bike was related in 14% of TBI.…”

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The Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury Due to Traffic Accidents in Latin America: A Narrative Review

Dunne¹,

Quiñones-Ossa

Still

et al. 2020

JNRP

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Objective Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are devastating injuries and represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Traffic accidents are one of the main causes, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The epidemiology of TBI due to road traffic in Latin America is not clearly documented. Methods A narrative review was conducted using PubMed, SCOPUS, and Google Scholar, looking for TBI studies in Latin America published between 2000 and 2018. Seventeen studies were found that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results It was found that TBI due to road traffic accidents (RTAs) is more frequent in males between the ages of 15 and 35 years, and patients in motor vehicles accounted for most cases, followed by pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists. Conclusion Road traffic accidents is a common cause of TBI in Latin America. More studies and registries are needed to properly document the epidemiological profiles of TBI related to RTAs.

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How Safe Is Your Motorcycle Helmet?

Cited by 23 publications

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Helmet Wear and Craniofacial Trauma Burden: A Plea for Regulations Mandating Protective Helmet Wear

Helmet Wear and Craniofacial Trauma Burden: A Plea for Regulations Mandating Protective Helmet Wear

The Role of Helmet Fastening in Motorcycle Road Traffic Accidents

The Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury Due to Traffic Accidents in Latin America: A Narrative Review

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