Darkbeer
11-04-2002, 11:09 AM
Study Discounts Claims That Roller Coasters Can Cause Brain Damage (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brain4nov04.story) - Los Angeles Times, 11/4/02
QuikQuote: They concluded that even the most rough-and-tumble rides would not produce the levels of head acceleration needed to cause brain bleeds or other serious trauma to a normal, healthy person.
"We want to bring a little bit of balance to several shrill claims that roller coasters cause brain injury," said Smith, who is working on a follow-up study using humans. The controversy over thrill rides and G-forces, he added, has been "blown out of proportion ... on a scattered series of case reports that are anecdotal at best."
QuikQuote: They concluded that even the most rough-and-tumble rides would not produce the levels of head acceleration needed to cause brain bleeds or other serious trauma to a normal, healthy person.
"We want to bring a little bit of balance to several shrill claims that roller coasters cause brain injury," said Smith, who is working on a follow-up study using humans. The controversy over thrill rides and G-forces, he added, has been "blown out of proportion ... on a scattered series of case reports that are anecdotal at best."