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Is the lumbar spine vulnerable in low speed rear impact crashes?

A recent paper by Banks, et al.,1 has suggested that low back injury in low-speed rear-impact crash scenarios is unlikely. According to their abstract:

"The purpose of this study was to define the anatomical arrangement of the lumbar spine in the mid-body sagittal plane of a human volunteer while in three postures: a driving posture; full flexion; and full extension. Radiographic images of the lumbar spine were made of a 33year-old 50th-percentile male subject seated in a comfortable driving posture. Additional radiographs were made of the lumbar spine while the subject was postured in full voluntary flexion and full voluntary extension. Anterior and posterior midsagittal vertebral end ...

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