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The “Cushion Effect” Revisited:, George A. Flores, Annelyn Torres-Reveron, Raul Barreda
The “Cushion Effect” Revisited:, George A. Flores, Annelyn Torres-Reveron, Raul Barreda
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Background: It is known the pattern and severity of injuries sustained during a motor vehicle accident depend on many variables. An interesting avenue for research is obesity as a positive or negative modifier for injury distribution patterns in MVA. We hypothesize that body mass index (BMI) will influence MVC related injury patterns.
Methods: We queried STRAC data for DHR - Edinburg for the years 2014 to 2018 using CPT codes for MVC/MVA, IS > 8, age 15 - 64. Interactions between injury location, BMI, seatbelt and gender were analyzed.
Results: We had 191 detailed crashes, we found increasing age to be …