Clinical and forensic significance of hand injuries incurred through mechanisms of indirect force with users of two wheeled vehicles

Abstract

Clinical and forensic significance of hand injuries incurred through mechanisms of indirect force with users of two-wheeled vehicles. Our aim is to explore and verify injuries resulting from the effect of indirect force, the clinical significance of which is small or insignificant in terms of their severity, but which have great significance in terms of expertise, primarily as a medical element in the reconstruction of the flow of traffic collisions and the complex dynamics of body movement of this unstable vehicles’ users. Hand injuries among users of two-wheelers may arise as a result of contact with the handlebars, when the hands (back of the hands) collide with the metal grips of the hand brake and clutch, or anytime the handlebars “wedge” into the space between the thumb and forefinger. In comparison with pedestrians, as a control group, a statistically significant difference was established in the incidence of hand injuries in motorcycle drivers.

Keywords:

• hand injuries
• two-wheelers
• clinical significance
• forensic significance

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