| Despite a Swedish study in 1995 that
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| | 49 out of 105 of the patients were
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| suggested that the risk of whiplash in
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| | recorded with whiplash injuries, with 47%
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| children is as high as two-thirds of the
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| | of these being over the age of 12. Forty
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| likelihood of an adult suffering the
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| | of these were 'Grade 1' or severe cases
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| condition, less than 2% of whiplash
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| | and took an average of 19.7 days to
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| literature is actually devoted to
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| | recover, with the rest reaching a
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| children.
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| | comfortable state in 6.4 days. The main
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| Considering that the strength of a six
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| | conclusion of the report focused on the
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| year old's spine is only around 25% of
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| | age of the children and states that the
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| the strength of an adult's, clinical
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| | risk of whiplash injury increases as a
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| research begs the question as to why more
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| | child reaches puberty, probably as a
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| children are not admitted with whiplash
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| | result of the physiological changes that
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| injuries.
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| | the child is undergoing.
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| The answer may lie in factors such as
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| | Children also rank alongside women as
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| seating in cars. Children tend to ride in
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| | being more likely to suffer whiplash
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| the back seats of cars, which are known
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| | injury than men which seems to be due to
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| to be generally safer than the front
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| | their size. Being shorter, they can often
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| seats. The back seats also have reduced
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| | be closer to the airbag and, in an
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| elasticity and smaller backrests,
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| | impact, this can exaggerate the movement
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| designed specifically to minimise the
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| | of the neck. Size can also mean that they
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| potential for injury in low-speed rear
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| | may have less securely fitted restraints.
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| impact crashes. Children also are proven
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| | In the past, children involved in
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| to have a greater range of spinal motion
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| | accidents of this nature have been too
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| and generally also have less history of
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| | often overlooked, both statistically and
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| injuries or degenerative diseases which
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| | by the world of insurance; a number of
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| can adversely affect the outcome of a
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| | insurance companies have refused to pay
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| rear impact and any injuries incurred.
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| | for the treatment of children who have
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| In October, a study was conducted using
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| | received whiplash and whiplash associated
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| 105 children under the age of 17; each of
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| | disorders, bur personal injury specialist
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| whom had been involved in a low impact
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| | firms have been persistent, setting
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| collision. They were each interviewed and
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| | precedents that should ensure that
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| assessed at intervals according to the
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| | children are no longer the 'forgotten
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| severity of their injuries:- the most
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| | injured' of these unfortunate and often
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| severe cases were interviewed 2 weeks
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| | debilitating accidents.
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| after they received their injuries, with
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| | Whiplash is the term used to describe a
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| further assessments scheduled at further
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| | soft tissue injury to the neck when you
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| 2 week intervals. Less severe cases were
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| | are involved in a car accident. The pain
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| initially interviewed 5 days post injury.
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| | can last for a matter of days or in more
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| 39% of these children were sitting in the
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| | severe cases a number of years. However,
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| front seat at the time of impact and 61%
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| | only a minor percentage of whiplash
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| were rear-seat passengers and, of these,
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| | injuries result in long term injuries
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| 50% were involved in rear impact
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| | with most people making a full recovery.
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| collisions, 32% were involved in head on
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| | The important point is to make sure you
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| collisions and 18% were in side-on
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| | are treated by professional medical staff
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| impacts.
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| | as soon as possible.
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