Citation

Greenspan AI, Durbin DR, Kallan MJ. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2008; 40(6): 1949-1954.

Affiliation

Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop F62, Atlanta, GA 30341, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2008.07.006

PMID

19068299

Abstract

This study describes frequency of injury and short-term physical limitation among child occupants/=1 physical limitations. Limitations increased with age, from 0.7% for children/=2 injuries, the proportion with physical limitations ranged from 58% to 91% depending on injury diagnosis. Among children with whiplash, 47% resulted in physical limitations. Suboptimally restrained children were nearly twice as likely to have a limitation compared to optimally restrained children. After adjusting for driver characteristics and vehicle type, child's age, restraint use, and type of initial impact were independently associated with the presence of physical limitations. Our results show the importance of assessing children for physical limitations following motor vehicle crashes. We also observed that children with whiplash were at risk for physical limitations.

Language: en