Long term Cervical Spine Distortion (CSD) injuries after rear end car to car collisions

In this case-control study technical and medical circumstances of CSD injury after rear-end car crashes are compared between patients showing different time spans to recover. Drivers with CSD injuries are divided into patients showing symptoms for more than 6 weeks and up to 6 months (80 controls) and chronic patients suffering for more than 6 months (22 cases). Statistical analysis is performed by applying Chi-Square and Mann-Whitney U-Test, documented are Odds Ratios with 95% confidence intervals and p-values. In general chronic CSD patients had been involved in biomechanically more complex rear end accident situations, but significantly higher frequencies are found for the factors low head-restraint positioning and psychological factors associated with time to recover. For the covering abstract see ITRD E134311.