• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Trauma Mechanisms and Injuries Associated with Go-Karting
  • Beteiligte: Eker, Hasan H.; Van Lieshout, Esther M.M; Hartog, Dennis Den; Schipper, Inger B
  • Erschienen: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2010
  • Erschienen in: The Open Orthopaedics Journal
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.2174/1874325001004020107
  • ISSN: 1874-3250
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>Annually, approximately 600 patients seek medical attention after go-kart accidents in the Netherlands. A large variability in injury patterns can be encountered. Knowledge of the trauma mechanisms of go-kart accidents and insight into the associated injuries is limited and requires improvement. Such additional knowledge may lead to customized trauma protocols for patients with a high index of suspicion on go-kart injuries. Research into trauma mechanisms may also lead to implementation of improved or additional safety measures for go-karting, involving both the go-karts itself as well as prerequisites to the go-kart tracks and qualifications for the drivers. The main trauma mechanisms involved in gokart accidents, and three cases to illustrate the variety of injuries are described in the current manuscript.</jats:p>
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