| Literature DB >> 22497201 |
Antoine Messiah1, Aymery Constant, Benjamin Contrand, Marie-Line Felonneau, Emmanuel Lagarde.
Abstract
Prevention tools are challenged by risky behaviors that follow their adoption. Speed increase following helmet use adoption was analyzed among bicyclists enrolled in a controlled intervention trial. Speed and helmet use were assessed by video (2621 recordings, 587 participants). Speeds were similar among helmeted and nonhelmeted female cyclists (16.5 km/h and 16.1 km/h, respectively) but not among male cyclists (helmeted: 19.2 km/h, nonhelmeted: 16.8 km/h). Risk compensation, observed only among male cyclists, was moderate, thus unlikely to offset helmet preventive efficacy.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22497201 PMCID: PMC3477913 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300711
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308