Epidemiology of hand injuries that presented to a tertiary care facility in Germany: a study including 435 patients. [PDF]
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg, 2023 Background Hand injuries compose up to 30% of all injuries in emergency care. However, there is a lack of epidemiological data reflecting patient or accident-related variables, injury types, injured anatomical structures or trauma localization ...
Moellhoff N +6 more
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Descriptive epidemiology study of hand injuries sustained in Gaelic football referred to a hand therapy service over 1 year. [PDF]
BMJ Open Sport Exerc MedObjectives: Gaelic football requires ball handling, such as bouncing, fist passing and catching. To date, no research has examined the types of injuries sustained to the hand in this sport.
Harte D +5 more
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Epidemiology of occupational hand injury in Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2012 OBJECTIVES: To study the epidemiology of occupational hand injuries and associated social and industrial factors. DESIGN. For this retrospective case series of patients with occupational hand injuries, case records were retrieved to gather data.
Cheung, JPY, Ip, WY, Garg, R, Fung, BKK
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Comparison of injuries to New Zealand rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) caused by hand versus snare collection [PDF]
, 2009 Following the prohibition in New Zealand of lobster snares in late 2005, we undertook research to compare the frequency and extent of injuries to rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) (Hutton) caused by recreational SCUBA divers using lobster snares compared ...
Powrie, Warrick, Tempero, Grant Wayne
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The prevention of injuries in contact flag football [PDF]
, 2014 American flag football is a non-tackle, contact sport with many moderate to severe contact-type injuries reported. A previous prospective injury surveillance study by the authors revealed a high incidence of injuries to the fingers, face, knee, shoulder ...
Kaplan, Anthony +5 more
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Specificities of hand trauma in agriculture [PDF]
, 2009 Background/Aim. Hand injuries in agriculture are characterized by massive destruction of all tissues, frequent amputations of finger, hand and often the whole extremity. These injuries are mutilant and can cause death.
Janjić Zlata, Nikolić Jelena
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Taking hold of hand trauma in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa [PDF]
, 2021 Background: Trauma in KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa constitutes at least 17.8% of overall emergency cases, with hand trauma being common. Aim: Based on these statistics, the authors of this study aimed to identify and describe the most common ...
Govender, Pragashnie +2 more
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Degloving injuries of the hand
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2011 Avulsion of skin from the hand or fingers is an injury that has a dramatic presentation. The entire musculo-skeletal unit of the finger is intact, and the patient can often move the parts of his naked hand quite normally. The challenge for the reconstructive surgeon lies in resurfacing the hand or finger with a good quality pliable sensate skin cover ...
G Karthikeyan, R Krishnamoorthy
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Self-reported cold sensitivity in normal subjects and in patients with traumatic hand injuries or hand-arm vibration syndrome [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Cold sensitivity is a common and disabling complaint following hand injuries. The main purpose of this study was to describe self-reported consequences of cold sensitivity and the association with disability and health-related quality of life
Birgitta Rosén +2 more
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