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Lumbar Spine Fractures in Undercarriage Impacts: Analysis of 1997-2015 NASS-CDS
Technical Paper
2018-01-0546
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Objective: This is a descriptive study of the incidence of spinal injury by crash type using NASS-CDS. It provides an understanding of impacts to the undercarriage of the vehicle and injuries to the lumbar spine by reviewing electronic cases in NASS-CDS to determine crash circumstances for fractures of the lumbar spine with undercarriage impacts.
Methods: 1997-2015 NASS-CDS was evaluated for serious injury (MAIS 3 + F) to front-seat occupants by seatbelt use and crash type in 1994+ MY vehicles. Undercarriage impacts were defined by GAD1 = U without a rollover. Serious injury was defined as MAIS 3 + F. Spinal injuries AIS 3+ were separated into cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions. Weighted data was determined using ratio weight. NASS-CDS electronic cases were downloaded from NHTSA with AIS 3+ lumbar spine injuries in undercarriage impacts.
Results: There were 2,160 MAIS 3 + F injured occupants in undercarriage impacts. This was 0.23% of all serious injury. There were 914 (42.3%) AIS 3+ spinal injuries in undercarriage impacts with 88.3% in the lumbar spine. The 807 lumbar spine injuries represented 4.1% of all AIS 3+ spinal injury. There were six electronic cases with AIS 3+ lumbar spine injury in undercarriage impacts. They involved off-road excursions at high speed with undercarriage impacts from changes in terrain. All involved front airbag deployments. Four of the six cases involved multiple lumbar fractures from compression of the spine.
Conclusions: Serious spinal injuries are rare in undercarriage impacts. Based on NASS-CDS cases, they are primarily compression (burst) fractures of the lumbar spine from vertical loads on the spine.
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Viano, D. and Parenteau, C., "Lumbar Spine Fractures in Undercarriage Impacts: Analysis of 1997-2015 NASS-CDS," SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0546, 2018, https://doi.org/10.4271/2018-01-0546.Data Sets - Support Documents
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