Cochrane Reviews

One of our readers, Katina Kardamanidi, pointed out an important addition to our Bibliography: 

Liu B, Ivers R, Norton R, Blows S, Lo SK. Helmets for preventing injury in motorcycle riders (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2004. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The same authors are currently undertaking a review on motorcycle helmet legislation for preventing injury in motorcycle riders.

Another Cochrane Review - Helmets for preventing head and facial injuries in bicyclists - has been prepared.

Abstracts of these reviews are available online:

Motorcycle helmets                Bicycle helmets

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. Cochrane reviews are based on the best available information about healthcare interventions. They explore the evidence for and against the effectiveness and appropriateness of treatments (medications, surgery, education, etc) in specific circumstances.