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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Injury Mechanism"”.
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The Role of Injury Mechanism in Neurogenesis Following Repeated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Dentate Gyrus
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) accounts for approximately 73-83% of all traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and continues to be a serious clinical challenge [1]. The role of injury mechanism in TBI has been widely debated, and it is believed that although there are differences between diffuse and …
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Injury Metrics, Real World Crash Reconstruction, and Robust Injury Prediction for a Human Body Model in Side Impact
… conditions in real world crashes is critical for injury prevention and new vehicle design. Real world crash reconstructions using vehicle and human body finite element models (HBM) have the potential to elucidate injury mechanism, predict injury risk, and evaluate injury mitigation system …
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Development and Utilization of a Semi-Automated Finite Element Approach to Real World Motor Vehicle Crash Reconstruction to Investigate Lumbar Spine Injury
… to MVCs every year. To study real world injury incidence and causation, multiple databases are continually updated by trained crash investigators. Recent analyses have shown that despite increasing crashworthiness of vehicles, the rate of lumbar spine injuries has increased over the …
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Development of Biodynamic Modules for Forensic Applications
… have been developed which explore the whiplash injury mechanism, pilot ejection and windblast, and gait analysis. These case studies make use of software entitled MADYMO (MAthematical DYnamic MOdeling). Each case study provides the scene, outcome, details, and instructions for setup of the …
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Experimental Modelling and Molecular Mechanisms of Wallerian Degeneration in Traumatic Axonal Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common event that can lead to profound consequences for the individual involved, and a considerable socio-economic cost. The initial injury event triggers a series of secondary brain injury mechanisms that lead to further mortality and contribute to morbidity. One …
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In vivo Knee Kinematics and Cartilage Recovery of Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
… are 1) to quantitatively determine the injury mechanism for non-contact ACL injuries using bone bruises present on magnetic resonance imaging, and 2) to assess cartilage recovery time as a potential imaging biomarker of osteoarthritis in ACL injured subjects. In the first aim, two common …
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Rib stress fractures in elite rowers
… investigate potential risk factors and suggested injury mechanisms involved in the development of exercise-induced rib stress fractures (RSF) in elite rowers as well as investigate biomechanical and neuromuscular differences of ergometer rowing in stationary and slide-based ergometers. BMD and …
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Do the gluteal muscles influence dynamic knee valgus when single-leg landing?
… non-contact anterior cruciate ligament ACL injury. Gluteal muscles especially gluteus maximus and medius are believed to have a role in controlling hip motion that is associated with dynamic knee valgus. Landing onto one leg is a common scenario of ACL injury mechanism and would appear to …
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Shoulder and Upper Extremity Injuries in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey: Investigating Injury Rates, Types, Severity, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors
… to explore the epidemiology of shoulder-related injury in youth sports. This study examined shoulder injury rates (IR), mechanisms, risk factors, and prevention strategies that have been studied. It was found that sport-related shoulder injuries are prevalent among youth athletes (accounting for …
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Knee injuries and their consequences – the impact of impact
… applied to cartilage and bone at the time of injury, traumatic bone marrow lesions and osteochondral fractures, located predominantly in the lateral tibiofemoral compartment, are commonly associated with an ACL injury. The subsequent risk of OA may be closely associated with the knee injury …
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Management of civilian penetrating rectal injuries in an urban trauma centre
… with a full-thickness penetrating rectal injury admitted to the Trauma Centre at Groote Schuur Hospital over a 10-year period (January 2010 – December 2019) were reviewed. Basic demographics, injury mechanism and perioperative management, anatomical site of the rectal injury, associated …
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Spectrum of coagulation profiles in severely injured patients: A subgroup analysis from the FIRST ( Fluids in Resuscitation of Severe Trauma) trial
… for this study included patient demographics, mechanism of injury, admission vital signs, lactate, base excess, coagulation studies PT, INR, TEG parameters, volume and type of fluids administered, volume of blood products administered, length of ICU stay, and major outcomes. Injury severity was …
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Image Segmentation and Analysis for Automated Classification of Traumatic Pelvic Injuries
… signals and images with information such as injury scores, injury mechanism and demographic information in order to detect the presence and the severity of Traumatic Pelvic Injuries and to provide recommendations for diagnosis and treatment. The recommendations are provided in form of …
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Injury surveillance in community cricket and the exploration of insurance claims systems
… funded PhD thesis were 1) To understand the injury causes, trends and burden in community cricket and 2) To examine the Cricket Australia National Club Risk Protection Program (NCRPP) insurance scheme for suitability as an injury surveillance tool for community cricket. This thesis sought to …
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Train accidents: orthopaedic injury and management at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
… train accidents and to specifically analyse injury patterns and management of orthopaedic injuries. Furthermore, the mortality rates and the effectiveness of advanced surgical care have also been evaluated and the outcomes of newer limb salvage techniques compared to amputation, which has …
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Development and Validation of a Child Finite Element Model for Use in Pedestrian Accident Simulations
… third leading cause of unintentional death and injury among children aged 5 to 14. The pedestrian lower-extremity represents the most frequently injured body region in car-to-pedestrian accidents. Several sub-system tests (head, upper and lower legs) were developed for pedestrian protection in …
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A multi-species analysis of biomechanical responses of the head to a shock wave
<p>Shock wave induced brain injury remains a field of research that has great consequences for the rehabilitation of soldiers and civilians that are exposed to an explosion. As such, for the research to be successful in developing strategies to mitigate the effects of these injuries, appropriate …
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An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Axonal Injury, Biomarker Expression And Mechanical Response In A Rodent Head Impact Acceleration Model
… 1.4 million people sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, resulting in 235,000 hospitalizations and 50,000 fatalities annually. Traumatic axonal injury (TAI) is a serious outcome of TBI that accounts for 40-50% of hospitalizations due to head injury and one third of the mortality …
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The Relationship Between Axonal Injury, Biomarker Expression And Mechanical Response In A Rodent Head Impact Acceleration Model
… 1.4 million people sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, resulting in 235,000 hospitalizations and 50,000 fatalities annually. Traumatic axonal injury (TAI) is a serious outcome of TBI that accounts for 40-50% of hospitalizations due to head injury and one third of the mortality …
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Submarining and Abdominal Injury for Rear-Seated Mid-Size Males during Frontal Crashes
… is of particular concern as a restraint-based injury mechanism of the abdomen. The objective of this study is to investigate submarining protection and abdominal injury risk for rear-seated mid-sized male occupants in frontal crashes and to assess the biofidelity of two anthropomorphic test …