title: [Analysis of 28 death cases involved with tumbling injury].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the general features and the keypoints of forensic medical examination in tumbling injury cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-eight cases dying of tumbling injury were collected and the locations and features of injury were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The occiput of head was the common position for the tumbling injury cases. Force, disease and alcohol were the main reasons for tumbling injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The injury is mild outside and severe inside from tumbling injury cases. The craniocerebral contrecoup is the significant feature in tumbling injury cases.
authors.affiliation: Xiangcheng Branch of Suzhou Public Security Bureau, Suzhou 215131, China. weimingxingjing@163.com
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Rong-Qi
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D003288:Contusions / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult