Children's bicycle helmets effective in impact and crush tests, study suggests
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
To determine the effectiveness of bicycle helmet use, scientists tested how well helmets withstood forces of impact and crush tests when covering human cadaver skulls. They found that helmet use can substantially reduce (by up to 87%) the acceleration experienced by the skull during an impact and can aid the skull in resisting forces up to 470 pounds in a crush accident.