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Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries and the Lap-Shoulder Belt
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From the authors' files, case examples of thoracolumbar injuries sustained by lap-shoulder belted front seat occupants, in frontal crashes, are presented. Additional cases were found in a review of the clinical literature. The biomechanical literature was reviewed, identifying laboratory studies on thoracolumbar spinal injuries. Suggested mechanisms in the production of these injuries in frontal type car crashes are postulated.
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Huelke, D., Ostrom, M., Mackay, G., and Morris, A., "Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries and the Lap-Shoulder Belt," SAE Technical Paper 930640, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/930640.Also In
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