Head protection - research material

"Matt B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Whilst researching something else (!) I came across the full PDF[1] of the
publication "Trends in helmet use and head injuries in San Diego County:
The effect of bicycle helmet legislation" by Mig Ji, et al., the contents
of which may be of interest to those of you who haven't already seen it.

The clincher may be in premise of the last sentence of the abstract :-)

- "Probably due to several of its limitations, the current study did not
confirm that helmet legislation
alone significantly reduced head injury rates in San Diego County during
the study period."

But, just to show that the authors were completely unbiased, I think the
previous sentence should be included "Helmet use has a protective effect
against serious head injury.".

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[1] http://tinyurl.com/89kd7

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Matt B

Rich said:

"Matt B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Whilst researching something else (!) I came across the full PDF[1] of the
publication "Trends in helmet use and head injuries in San Diego County:
The effect of bicycle helmet legislation" by Mig Ji, et al., the contents
of which may be of interest to those of you who haven't already seen it.

The clincher may be in premise of the last sentence of the abstract :-)

- "Probably due to several of its limitations, the current study did not
confirm that helmet legislation
alone significantly reduced head injury rates in San Diego County during
the study period."

But, just to show that the authors were completely unbiased, I think the
previous sentence should be included "Helmet use has a protective effect
against serious head injury.".

One also wonders if they actually read any of the papers they cite.
The LeBlanc et al 92002) study managed to show that that in their areas
of Nova Scotia, the law increased injury rates while reducing the
number of cyclists by a bit over 50%. 🙁