With the introduction of the use of seatbelts in cars, mortality following motor vehicle crashes has decreased significantly. However, two patterns of injuries, the ‘seatbelt sign’ and ‘seatbelt syndrome’ have emerged. Injuries may consist of traumatic abdominal wall disruption. We present two cases of severe abdominal wall disruption caused by a seatbelt injury and treated with primary repair....

Trauma to soft tissues is an important consideration in cases of seatbelt injury, as soft-tissue injury can cause shock. Careful observation for hours in the clinic at least, along with appropriate imaging studies, is necessary if signs of a seatbelt injury exist.

INTRODUCTION In this paper, we show that FARS data can be a comparable alternative to observational NOPUS data in estimating seat belt use in the United States once we correct for sample selection bias. RESULTS Based on assumptions of independence for seatbelt choice, we establish a lower and upper bound for seatbelt usage rates, and find that once we correct for sample selection bias, the se...

Glycoprotein hormone heterodimers are stabilized by their unusual structures in which a glycosylated loop of the -subunit straddles a hole in the -subunit. This hole is formed when a cysteine at the end of a -subunit strand known as the “seatbelt” becomes “latched” by a disulfide to a cysteine in the -subunit core. The heterodimer is stabilized in part by the difficulty of threading the glycosy...

A combination of airbag, seatbelt, and other restraint systems greatly reduces injury to drivers in small offset collisions. However, the airbag causes accidental driver deployment process. To maximize protection effect system on driver, this study proposes a pre-tensioned force-limiting seatbelt. collision accident with video information was simulated by using Neon sedan THUMS (v.4.0.2) finite...

The injuries sustained by 969 drivers and front-seat passengers in road-traffic accidents were studied. Altogether 196 (20-2%) of the drivers and passengers were wearing seat belts and 773 (79-8%) were not. The injuries among the two groups differed greatly in both severity and distribution. A total of 54 (27-6%) of the seatbelt wearers sustained one or more fractures compared with 300 (38-8%) ...

The objective of this study is to evaluate occupant posture change during pre‐impact braking and explain the effects of a motorized seatbelt (MSB) on occupant restraint. In order to simulate the pre‐impact condition, low‐speed sled tests on young adult male volunteers were conducted with a vehicle seat, a seatbelt and a foot rest. In this study, two seatbelt systems and two muscle tone ...

Problem: Several approaches to analyze seatbelt use have been proposed in the literature. Two methods that has not been explored are the use of unweighted and weighted logistic regression model and the use of item response theory (IRT) or the Rasch model. Since accurate methods to predict seatbelt use behavior based upon observed data must include a builtin design method and model, and overcome...