ESJ: Expert comment on Number and cost of claims linked to minor cervical trauma (manuscript number: ESJO-D-07-00195R1, B. Soltermann et al.).

摘要

In spite of the numerous prevention measures developed by the automobile industry, minor cervical trauma are increasingly frequent and are the cause of difficult therapeutic and medico-legal problems. For these reasons, the epidemiological paper based on data coming from the Comite Europeen des Assurances (CEA) which compares incidence and expenditure of minor cervical spine trauma in ten European countries is particularly useful, as it emphasizes the major role of the cultural attitudes and of the medical approach in the natural evolution of this very unique traumatism.