High back booster seats: in the field and in the laboratory.
High back booster (HBB) seat use was studied in the field and in the laboratory. This paper presents details of a case series of 19 children using HBBs in real world crashes. More than half were using HBBs when a forward facing restraint would have been more suitable (i.e. inappropriately), and incorrect use was identified in 3 cases. All serious injury occurred in children inappropriately or incorrectly using HBBs. Laboratory simulations modelled on real world cases demonstrate a greater injury potential in misused HBBs than in correctly used HBBs due to excessive upper body excursion.
Brown
Julie
J
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Bilston
Lynne
L
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015370:Infant Equipment; D008297:Male; D009517:New South Wales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control