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Rural adolescent attitudes and use of helmets while snowmobiling. [PDF]

open access: yesInj Epidemiol
Iverson BJ   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Treatment of positional plagiocephaly – Helmet or no helmet?

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 2014
Positional plagiocephaly has attained widespread attention. There is a lot of data on helmet therapy available, but the natural course of the deformity has not been investigated in depth. The decision for or against helmet therapy can be controversial.
Michael Krimmel, Susanne kĹuba
exaly   +3 more sources

To helmet or not to helmet: a global perspective on the bicycle compulsory protective helmet law

Minerva Pediatrics, 2021
Child injury from bike accidents is a significant component of morbidity, mortality and health expenditure in many countries. Universal use of bicycle helmets by children could prevent between 135 and 155 deaths, and between 39,000 and 45,000 head injuries annually. Surprisingly, epidemiologic data indicate a worldwide low prevalence of helmet use.
Baruch, Klin   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Biomechanics of Helmets and Helmet Removal

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1985
To better understand motion in the cervical spine related to helmet wearing and removal, normal volunteers underwent videotaped fluoroscopy during helmet removal and lateral spine X-rays in various positions. There was a tendency towards increased flexion in the supine position in the helmeted volunteers which disappeared with minimal traction.
R D, Meyer, W W, Daniel
openaire   +2 more sources

Classifying Helmeted and Non-helmeted Motorcyclists

2017
Riding a motorcycle without a helmet can cause serious injury. Although a crackdown on traffic violations is a good way to stop this unsafe practice, it is not realistic to manually find and arrest riders who do not wear helmets where there are numerous motorcycle riders, as in Vietnam.
Atsushi Hirota   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Smart Helmet: An Experimental Helmet Security Add-On

2021
When it comes to ride a motorcycle the drivers-centered road safety is quintessential; every year a remarkable number of accidents directly related to sleepiness and fatigue occur. With the objective of maximizing the security on a motorcycle, the reported system aims to prevent sleepiness related accidents and to attenuate the effects of a crash.
Sales, David   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

IoT Helmet

Proceedings of the Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web, 2021
Every year, approximately 1,25 million people die in automobilistic accidents worldwide, where 23% are motorcyclists. Amongst the countries that have large motorcycle market, Brazil stands out between the largest ones comprising 22 million motorcycles and 30 million motorcyclists, where these machines are often used in remote or limited access ...
Kleython da Silva   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

s-Helmet

Proceedings of the 7th Augmented Human International Conference 2016, 2016
The growing popularity of winter sports, as well as the trend towards high speed carving skies, have increased the risk of accidents on today's ski slopes. While many skiers now wear ski helmets, their bulk might in turn lower a skier's ability to sense their surroundings, potentially leading to dangerous situations. In this demo paper, we describe our
Evangelos Niforatos   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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