Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 3/25/2025 5:04 PM, Shadow wrote:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:00:19 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
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On Tue Mar 25 12:12:26 2025 Shadow  wrote:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:15:54 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
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On Mon Mar 24 17:02:01 2025 Mark J cleary  wrote:

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I like to wear helmet for extra protection against a fall. I do agree
that for me even running with a helmet would be good since I have no
balance to run anymore. However, Frank is I think in the minority about
helmets and while he may have data to support it sometimes we humans
overlook data. I rely sometimes only on intuition and what I think might
be good. I really don't understand the length's Frank goes to dis
helmets but maybe I am simply taking it more than it is. Small news
group so?

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There weren 597,000 bicycle related traumatic brain injuries treated in emergency hospitals in the US alone.

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99% are "I think I might have bumped my head"
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PS Half a million brain injuries ? Is this over a month?
No wonder they voted wrong.
I'd vote wrong if I had a brain injury.
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Btain injuries are among the most serious consequences of bicycle accidents and include concussions, moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries and post-concussive syndrome.
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But Frank tells us that these injuries do not exist in his universe.

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Shadow, those are HOSPITAL EVALUATED injuries and not your idea of "I think I bumped my head". These are SHOWN on an MRI as was mine. I suggest if you don't understand what is being said that you simply ask a question. We are happy to answer your questions.
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When they say "traumatic brain injuries, that meand they have been diagnosed either with x-rays which show major damage or Magnetic Resonance Imaging which shows everything.

  NO, TBI means anything from a slight headache to a small
hematoma to the skull. Or even if the patient says "I think I bumped
my head".
Some hospitals ask "did you bump your head?" and if the
patient can't remember, mark "yes" for insurance purposes.
Brain damage rarely shows on a simple Xray, unless there is a
fracture. An MRI might or might not show anything. Ditto a CT scan.
Depends if there is any bleeding or swelling.
The diagnosis is usually clinical. Loss of function, temporary
blindness or deafness, loss of memory(main sign of concussion),
confusion etc. And those can all have other causes.
  Never trust what the hospitals say. Not in a country where
they are run as a business.
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