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Booster Seats

Article Index
Booster Seats
How Safety Belts Should Work
A Closer Look at Bones
Problems with Safety Belts for Kids
The Solution for Kids
Head Injury
Types of Booster Seats
Using Boosters with Lap-Only Belts
Talking to Kids
Misuse Patterns
Injury Patterns
Selected References
Citations

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Citations: Misuse Patterns for Booster Seats and Safety Belts

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Child passenger safety. Accessed January 18, 2006.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Selecting and using the most appropriate car safety seats for growing children: guidelines for counseling parents. Accessed January 18, 2006.
Morris SD, Arbogast KB, Durbin DR, Winston FK. Misuse of booster seats. Inj Prev. 2000 Dec;6(4):281-4. PMID 11144628
Stepanski BM, Ray LU, Nichols L. Booster seats: a community based study of installation and use by parents and caregivers. Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med. 2001;45:37-48. PMID 12214362
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Booster Seats. Accessed January 18, 2006.

Citations: Injury Patterns for Booster Aged Kids NOT USING Booster Seats

Klinich K, Burton R. Injury patterns of older children in automotive accidents. Paper 933082, Society of Automotive Engineers; 1993.

Arbogast KB, Durbin DR, Kallan MJ, Menon RA, Lincoln AE, Winston FK. The role of restraint and seat position in pediatric facial fractures. J Trauma. 2002;52(4):693–698. PMID 11956385

Arbogast KB, Durbin DR, Kallan MJ, Menon RA, Lincoln AE, Winston FK. The role of restraint and seat position in pediatric facial fractures. J Trauma. 2002;52(4):693–698. PMID 11956385

Winston FK, Durbin DR, Kallan MJ, Moll EK. The danger of premature graduation to seat belts for young children. Pediatrics. 2000 Jun;105(6):1179-83. PMID 10835054

Arbogast KB, Mong DA, Mari-Gowda S, et al. Evaluating pediatric abdominal injuries. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles; 2005. Paper 05-0046.

Sherwood CP, Shaw CG, Van Rooij L, Kent RW, Crandall JR, Orzechowski KM, Eichelberger MR, Kallieris D. Prediction of cervical spine injury risk for the 6-year-old child in frontal crashes. Traffic Inj Prev. 2003 Sep;4(3):206-13. PMID14522645

Sherwood C, Kent R, Crandall J. Booster seats and the transition from child restraints to adult seat belts. Top Emerg Med, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 21-29.

Nance ML, Lutz N, Arbogast KB, Cornejo RA, Kallan MJ, Winston FK, Durbin DR. Optimal restraint reduces the risk of abdominal injury in children involved in motor vehicle crashes. Ann Surg. 2004 Jan;239(1):127-31. PMID 14685110

Lutz N, Nance ML, Kallan MJ, Arbogast KB, Durbin DR, Winston FK. Incidence and clinical significance of abdominal wall bruising in restrained children involved in motor vehicle crashes. J Pediatr Surg. 2004;39(6):972–975.

Sivit CJ, Taylor GA, Newman KD, Bulas DI, Gotschall CS, Wright CJ, Eichelberger MR. Safety-belt injuries in children with lap-belt ecchymosis: CT findings in 61 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1991 Jul;157(1):111-4. PMID 2048507

Sherwood C, Crandall J, Stevens S, Saggese J, Eichelberger M. Sled tests and CIREN data illustrating the benefits of booster seats. Int J Crashworthiness. 2005;10(4):351–357.

Slavik D. Cervical distraction injuries to children.Society of Automotive Engineers; 1997. Paper 973306

Weber K. Crash protection for child passengers: a review of best practice. UMTRI Research Review. 2000 July-Sept:31(3): 1-28.

Sherwood C, Crandall J, Stevens S, Saggese J, Eichelberger M. Sled tests and CIREN data illustrating the benefits of booster seats. Int J Crashworthiness. 2005;10(4):351–357.

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