Injuries from Low-Impact and Rear-End Collisions

A Comprehensive Guide to the Literature for Personal Injury Lawyers

Publisher: Medifocus Legal
Publication Date: June 24, 2024
Number of Pages: 102
Low-impact rear-end collisions, though often dismissed as minor accidents, can result in significant injuries and have notable implications in both medical and legal contexts. These collisions typically occur at speeds of 10-15 miles per hour or less and are frequently encountered in congested urban areas or during stop-and-go traffic situations.

Statistics reveal that low-impact rear-end collisions constitute a substantial portion of all motor vehicle accidents. For instance, in the United States, these incidents account for approximately 30% of all reported crashes. Despite their lower speeds, these accidents can cause a range of injuries due to the sudden impact and resulting forces exerted on the occupants of the vehicles involved.

The types of injuries sustained in low-impact rear-end collisions vary but most commonly include straining of the neck muscles and ligaments when the head is forcefully and suddenly jerked backward and then forward. Symptoms of these so-called "whiplash" type of injuries may include neck pain and stiffness, headaches, dizziness, and in some cases, cognitive disturbances. In addition to neck injuries, the medical literature reports a spectrum of other injuries that can occur from low-impact rear-end collisions including back injuries, spinal injuries, eye injuries, and concussions.

Even though vehicles involved in low-impact rear-end collisions may not sustain significant damage, the human body is less tolerant to abrupt changes in motion, thereby increasing the risk of injury. Biomechanical studies suggest that the risk of injury in the setting of a low-impact event is dependent upon a complex interaction of factors involving both occupant variables and vehicle crash parameters.

From a medical-legal perspective, low-impact collisions present unique challenges. Insurance carriers invariably take a hard-line in these low-impact cases contending that the lack of objective evidence of an injury, such as X-rays, combined with little or no vehicular damage, negates a causative link between the accident and the injury. This skepticism often complicates the process of obtaining fair compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering.

The MediFocus Literature Guide to Injuries from Low-Impact and Rear-End Collisions is a comprehensive Guide for personal injury lawyers that captures the vast body of pertinent literature published over the past two decades regarding the spectrum of injuries that can occur from these seemingly minor accidents. In addition to documenting the validity of these injuries, the Guide also covers the symptoms, treatments, and prognosis of these low-impact injuries and the plausible mechanisms that may lead to these injuries based on the results of sound biomechanical studies. In essence, this peer-reviewed literature serves as a foundational source of evidence and information that can substantiate claims of injury severity and long-term impact from low-impact collisions. It provides a scientifically supported framework that helps bridge the gap between medical diagnosis and legal argumentation in these often challenging personal injury cases.

The MediFocus Literature Guide to Injuries from Low-Impact and Rear-End Collisions is available both as a soft-cover book and as a PDF download. Order your copy today. Please see the side panel for more information.Injuries from Low-Impact and Rear-End Collisions is a one-of-a-kind literature reference Guide that includes:

• A comprehensive bibliography of 239 journal article references indexed in MEDLINE published in well respected medical and scientific journals.
• Online access to the abstracts (summaries) of the articles.
• Online access to the free full-text version of 26 articles.
• Links to full-text sources of other articles that are available for purchase directly from individual journal publishers.
• A unique "Author Directory" consisting of the names and institutional affiliations of experts who have published and have specialized knowledge about Injuries from Low-Impact and Rear-End Collisions. The "Author Directory" is a valuable resource for quickly identifying and locating experts for case reviews, opinions, and testimony.

Select examples of topics that are covered by the articles referenced in this Guidebook include:

• Biomechanical assessment of soft tissue cervical spine disorders and expert opinion in low speed collisions.
• Low velocity impact, vehicular damage and passenger injury.
• Evaluating low-speed rear-end impact severity and resultant occupant stress parameters.
• Neck injury following nonimpact mild traumatic brain injury in motor vehicle collisions.
• Non-whiplash soft tissue injuries following low-velocity impact collisions: A retrospective analysis.
• Low-velocity motor vehicle collision characteristics associated with claimed low back pain.
• Non-whiplash soft tissue injuries following low-velocity impact collisions: A retrospective analysis.
• A Comprehensive Review of Low-Speed Rear Impact Volunteer Studies and a Comparison to Real-World Outcomes.
• Whiplash Injury or Concussion? A Possible Biomechanical Explanation for Concussion Symptoms in Some Individuals Following a Rear-End Collision.
• Completion CT of Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvis after Acute Head and Cervical Spine Trauma: Incidence of Acute Traumatic Findings in the Setting of Low-Velocity Trauma.
• Biomechanics of neck injuries resulting from rear-end vehicle collisions.
• A study and comparison of the effects of low speed change vehicle collisions on the human body.
• Effects of seat belts worn by pregnant drivers during low-impact collisions.
• Airbag-induced fatal subaxial cervical spinal cord injury in a low-velocity collision.
• Reconstruction of low speed rear-end collisions - technical means of assessing cervical spine injuries.
• The relationship between lower neck shear force and facet joint kinematics during automotive rear impacts.
• The association between exposure to a rear-end collision and future neck or shoulder pain: a cohort study.
• Correlating crash severity with injury risk, injury severity, and long-term symptoms in low velocity motor vehicle collisions.
• Whiplash-associated disorder from a low-velocity bumper car collision: history, evaluation, and surgery.
• Reconstruction of low speed rear-end collisions - technical means of assessing cervical spine injuries.

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