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Back Injuries

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2020
When searching for evidence-based answers about treating athletes with low back injury/pain, there are some difficulties. The first is defining who is an athlete. The second problem is that the lifetime prevalence of low back pain in the general population in our country approaches 100. Last, most studies published only deal with a narrow population of
James M, Daniels   +3 more
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Equestrian Injuries

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1983
In brief: It has always been assumed that participants in equestrian sports are at high risk of serious injury and that minor injuries are common. This study of American Horse Shows Association and United States Pony Clubs horse shows tried to determine if shows are as safe as or safer than other sports, what the accident rate is for horse shows, if ...
A M, Bernhang, G, Winslett
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Lightning injuries

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2004
Lightning is persistently one of the leading causes of death caused by environmental or natural disaster. To understand the pathophysiology and treatment of lightning injuries one must first discount the innumerable myths, superstitions, and misconceptions surrounding lightning.
Medley, O'Keefe Gatewood   +1 more
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Gymnastic Injuries

Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 1980
The gymnast often places unphysiologic extreme stresses upon her body during the maneuvers characteristic of that sport. These may result in stress fractures to the skeleton, the lumbar spine being at greatest risk. Minor malalignments of the extremities can encourage injury.
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Pressure Injury

Annals of Surgery, 2020
Background: Pressure injury is seen across all healthcare settings and affects people of any age and health condition. It imposes a significant burden, with annual costs of up to $17.8 billion in the United States alone. Despite considerable resources it exhausts, the disease remains very prevalent, and the incidence is on the ...
Babak, Hajhosseini   +2 more
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Inhalation injuries

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1988
Inhalation injuries occur in approximately one-third of all major burns and account for a significant number of deaths in those burn patients each year. Victims die as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning, hypoxia, and smoke inhalation. These deaths can occur without thermal wounds as well as with burn injuries.
D M, Heimbach, J F, Waeckerle
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Pediatric injury prevention: sledding injuries

Air Medical Journal, 2005
As winter arrives in many areas of the country, it brings new challenges for transport teams involved in the care of children. Seasonal activities, like sledding, will expose children to potential injury. This presents an opportunity for transport teams to become involved in educational safety programs aimed at minimizing or preventing many of these ...
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ATOMIC BOMB INJURY: MECHANICAL INJURIES

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1951
One-half to three-fourths of the casualties surviving an atomic bomb explosion over a metropolitan area can be expected to have incurred mechanical injuries. These are likely to be multiple and may be associated with burns and with the effects of nuclear radiation.
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Inflicted Injury Versus Accidental Injury

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1990
The morbidity and mortality that are associated with child abuse is a serious concern for the practicing pediatrician. If abuse is to be prevented, physicians must become skilled in recognizing factors that place a child at risk for abuse. Early and minor signs of abuse and neglect must be recognized and reported to assure services if more serious ...
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Volleyball Injuries

Current Sports Medicine Reports, 2012
There has been a significant increase in the numbers of people playing indoor and beach volleyball since the early 1980s and, consequently, an increase in injuries. Most injuries are related to repetitive jumping and hitting the ball overhead. The ankle is the most commonly injured joint, but the knee, shoulder, low back, and fingers also are ...
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