KIN104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cervical Fracture, Dog Sled, Product Liability
28 Jan 2015
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Kinesiologists are requested to provide expert knowledge. Justice system: criminal justice case where a person/accused is involved in a criminal act, public liability protective public (niosh eq) Niosh is an example of a piece of legislation designed to protect the public: personal and product liability medical practice. Scientific based arguments on whether something (an object) is safe : compensation, malingering. Being an expert witness: only what they saw. A witness is not allowed to hear testimony of others; a witness cannot give an opinion, An expert can give their opinion and can hear the testimony of others: was the neck cervical fracture caused by the hands of the accused, example: 32 year old, female, sitting down on a chair chair pulled out from underneath her: result: pars fracture. Evidence: compute spine load from dropping dummy onto force plate (30,000 n compression, > 20,000 shear: apply shears to spine immediate pars fracture. Compensation: hydro linen- ice storm in quebec.
