Simulations show how helmets would have protected bike crash victims' brains
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 11:50
in Health & Medicine
Bicycle helmets can reduce the risk of concussions by 54 percent, and drastically cut the risk of skull fractures, according to a study. To assess the impact on the brain, the researchers compared results of simulations with CT images, in which bleeding was evident in the brains of the crash victims. Then, they conducted simulations with and without helmets to see what would happen.