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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Mechanism of Injury"”.
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Understanding the mechanism of injury associated with long bone fractures through dynamic bending impact
… and motor vehicle accidents. Such incidents often result in skeletal trauma. Trauma to the lower limbs due to bending forces often involves a fracture pattern known as a butterfly or wedge fracture. Forensic analysis of the butterfly fracture aids in the establishment of directionality of the …
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Sport-related Concussion Incidence and Mechanism of Injury in Male and Female Players at the South African Youth Week Rugby Tournaments: 2011-2018
… for male and female youth and adult players (6). Injury incidence including sport-related concussion (SRC) is high in youth rugby (7, 8) . This is concerning as youth are more vulnerable to SRC and take longer to recover from SRC than adults (9, 10). Females are also more susceptible to sustaining …
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An Anatomical Review and Case Study of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
<p>The intent of this thesis was to investigate the anatomical structure, mechanism of injury, treatment, sur gery, and rehabilitation of one anterior cruciate tear. The anatomical structure, mechanism of injury, treatment, surgery, and rehabilitation program were described.</p><p>A case study of …
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Confined space fatalities
The extent of work related fatal accidents has been analysed statistically by agencies throughout the world. As a result of this analysis there is a wealth of information available categorised by industry types, sub-industry, occupation, sex, age, nature of occurrence, bodily location, agency of …
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Civilian popliteal artery injuries : a ten year audit in an urban trauma centre
The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with limb loss in patients with popliteal artery injuries. Retrospective chart review of a prospectively collected data base of all patients with popliteal artery injuries presenting to the Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Centre from 01 January …
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Κατάγματα του έξω κονδύλου του βραχιονίου στα παιδιά
The fractures of the lateral condyle of the humerus in children remain a topic controversy for the orthopaedic surgeons. A review of the relevant literature reveals that there are still unanswered questions related to: a. Mechanism of injury b. Classification of the form of the traumatic lesion. c. …
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Non-operative versus operative management of penetrating kidney injuries : a prospective audit
… there is little data on conservative management of penetrating renal trauma. The aim of this study was to review the management and outcome of a large patient cohort presenting with penetrating renal trauma to a tertiary referral centre in South Africa. All patients presenting with penetrating …
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Effect of fatigue on hamstring strain injury risk in soccer
Hamstring strains are one of the primary injuries within modern soccer match-play. The injury is well recognised by medical personnel, coaches and athletes as a major concern causing significant financial costs and lost time from training and matches. The temporal pattern of hamstring injury …
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Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in penetrating abdominal trauma
… provided strong evidence for decreased lengths of hospital stay without increase in postoperative complications. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the role and benefits, if any, of ERAS / ERP (early recovery programmes) implemented in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy for trauma …
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A Case Study of a Recurrent Anterior Tibial Compartment Syndrome
<p>The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the anatomical structure, mechanism of injury, treatment, surgery, and rehabilitation of one recurrent anterior tibial compartment syndrome.</p><p>A case study of one twenty-six-year-old female subject was the basis for this study. The procedure used …
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A study ofTraumaPatient's Characteristics Transportedby Helicopterand Appropriacy of Helicopter Transportation
… there has been many debates on HT, because of the high expenses and the potential risks during the flight. Further more, severly injured patients are needed quicker transportation time, so the HT is more considered. As a result of this, the out come of the patients transported by helicopter …
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Computational modeling of primary blast effects on the human brain
Since the beginning of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, there have been over 250,000 diagnoses of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the U.S. military, with the majority of incidents caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Despite the urgent need to understand blast-induced TBI …
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The epidemiology of injury and risk factors associated with injury in first league field hockey players
This study investigated the epidemiology of injury in a population of first league field hockey players during a playing season, establishing the true incidence (injuries/ 1000 hours) of injury, as well as the risk factors associated with field hockey injuries. Both the epidemiology of field hockey …
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A descriptive study of the prevalence of Acute Foot and Ankle complaints/injuries of adults attending a public sector secondary hospital orthopaedic clinic in South Africa over a 12-week period
… affecting the foot and ankle. The epidemiology of foot and ankle injuries has previously not been well reported in South Africa. In order to gain a greater understanding into the degree of health burden represented by conditions of the foot and ankle as well as the associated risk factors and …
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Rowing Biomechanics: Technique Changes with an Increase of Power Demand
The sport of rowing has become more popular in the past decade. While it is a relatively low impact sport, injuries can occur, specifically to the ribs (Karlson K. A., 1998) and more often in female athletes (Hickey, Fricker, & McDonald , 1997). It has been proposed that as the athlete rows, …
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The role of endoscopic retrograde pancreatography in the management of pancreatic trauma
… applications in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic trauma. The utility of ERP in pancreatic trauma presenting to a level 1 equivalent trauma centre was analysed. Methods: Patients who sustained pancreatic trauma and underwent ERP were identified. Patient demographics, mechanism of …
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Amputation rate following tibia fractures with associated popliteal artery injuries
… for significance (Fischer's Exact) included: mechanism of injury, signs of threatened viability, compartment syndrome, fracture pattern, surgical sequence, and time delay from injury or presentation to revascularization. Results: The study group consisted of 22 males and 8 females, with a mean …
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Force potentiation in the MDX mouse
Large forces are the primary mechanism of injury in muscular dystrophy, and muscular dystrophy is especially damaging to type IIB muscle fibers. It was hypothesized that post-tetanic potentiation (PTP) would be down-regulated to prevent damage in Xlinked muscular dystrophy (mdx) mice since PTP …
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Hard hitting facts on childhood head trauma: an epidemiological analysis
… World Health Organization (WHO), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) will become the third largest cause of global disease by the year 2020. Despite its astonishing numbers, TBI remains a silent or even forgotten epidemic with significant paucity in epidemiological data. TBI in developing countries …
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Computational simulation of skull fracture patterns in pediatric subjects using a porcine model
<p>In cases of suspected child abuse with skeletal trauma, it is often the role of the injury biomechanist, forensic pathologist, clinical radiologist, and forensic anthropologist to determine the mechanism of injury when the child victims cannot speak for themselves. This is a challenging task, …
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