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Young people’s experiences using electric powered indoor-outdoor wheelchairs (EPIOCs): Potential for enhancing users’ development? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Purpose: To examine the experiences of severely physically disabled young people using electric powered indoor/outdoor chairs (EPIOCs). Methods: A priori interview questions examined young people’s functioning with EPIOCs, pain and discomfort with ...
De Souza, LH   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Financial impact of electric scooters: a review of injuries over 27 months at an urban level 1 trauma center (cost of e-scooter injuries at an urban level 1 trauma center)

open access: yesTrauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2021
Background Electric scooters (e-scooters) have become a widespread method of transportation due to convenience and affordability. However, the financial impact of medical care for sustained injuries is currently unknown.
Ophelie Z. Lavoie-Gagne   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of helmet use on oral and maxillofacial injuries associated with electric-powered bikes or powered scooter: a retrospective cross-sectional study

open access: yesHead & Face Medicine, 2021
Background Electric bikes (E-bikes) and powered scooters (P-scooters) have become increasingly popular modes of public transportation, but they have been associated with injuries of all kinds, including dental trauma. Helmet use is promoted as a means of
Yafit Hamzani   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Application of hydrosurgical debridement and autologous skin cell suspension in the treatment of electric arc injury

open access: yesBurns Open, 2022
The majority of electric arc injury wounds are deep second-degree or mixed depth wounds. Traditional treatment methods in these types of injuries have many shortcomings.
Yu Feng Guo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bilateral Asymmetries Assessment in Elite and Sub-Elite Male Futsal Players [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This study aimed to investigate morphological, functional, and neuromuscular asymmetries on futsal players’ lower limbs at different competitive levels. Sixteen male elite futsal players from the Spanish National Futsal League and thirteen male sub-elite
Colino, Enrique   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Epidemiologic study of hand and upper extremity injuries by power tools

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2019
Background Hand injuries caused by chain saws, electric saws, and hand grinders range from simple lacerations to tendon injuries, fractures, and even amputations.
Yong Hun Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fault tree analysis and prevention strategies for gas explosion in underground coal mines of Pakistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 1971
Purpose. Gas explosion in the underground coal mines of Pakistan is the main source of coal miners’ mortalities. The purpose of this article is to analyze the main causes of gas explosion in the underground coal mines of Pakistan. Methods.
Shahani, N.M.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Injury from electric scooters in Copenhagen: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objective To analyse injuries related to manual and electric scooter use from January 2016 up to and including July 2019.Setting Electric scooter rental services were launched in Denmark in January 2019.
Freddy Lippert   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Types of injuries caused by isolated electric scooter accidents [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Trauma and Injury, 2022
Purpose The recent increase in electric scooter (e-scooter) use has been accompanied by an increase in injuries from e-scooter–related accidents. Studies have reported that most such injuries are minor, and physicians may therefore underestimate the ...
Kyongwon Yoo, Hyung Il Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Bilateral Lower Limb Amputations in a Nigerian Child Following High-Voltage Electrical Burns Injury: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesMalaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2013
The human body conducts electricity very well. Direct contact with electric current can be lethal. The passage of electric current through the body is capable of producing a wide spectrum of injuries, including serious damage to the heart, brain, skin ...
Dim EM   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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