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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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The crisscross injury mechanism in forearm injuries

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 2005
A new mechanism of injury of the forearm bones, crisscross injury, is described. It is more common than the Essex-Lopresti fracture dislocation. The old concept of isolated injury of one side of the radioulnar joint may be challenged. It often occurs in Mason type II fracture dislocation of the radial head or dislocation of radioulnar joints.The first ...
Ip, SPS, Kam, WL, Wai, YL, Leung, YF, Ip, WY   +4 more
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Injury Surveillance in Construction: Eye Injuries

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2001
Occupational eye injuries are both common and preventable. About 20% of occupational eye injuries occur in construction. To investigate the nature of eye injuries among construction workers, we analyzed a large data set of construction worker injuries.
L S, Welch, K L, Hunting, A, Mawudeku
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Distracting injuries in patients with vertebral injuries

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2005
To describe the prevalence and types of distracting injuries associated with vertebral injuries at all levels of the spine in blunt trauma patients. A prospective cohort study was conducted at an urban Level I trauma center. All patients undergoing radiographic evaluation of the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar vertebrae after blunt trauma were enrolled ...
Cindy H, Chang, James F, Holmes, William R, Mower, Edward A, Panacek   +3 more
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Traumatic injuries: imaging of spinal injuries

European Radiology, 2002
Severe (high-energy) spinal injuries are common sequelae of acute traumas. The task of radiology is to establish the radiological diagnosis, classify it, judge stability and instability and lead further radiological evaluation in cases of non-agreement between the radiological diagnosis and the clinical (neurological) findings.
H, Imhof, M, Fuchsjäger
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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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Injury surveillance is key to preventing injuries

The Lancet, 2004
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published an important report describing in detail for the first time the patterns of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the USA for 2001. The report shows that, in that year, 157 000 people died from injuries in the USA, and that unintentional injury was the fifth leading cause of death ...
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Injury and Injury Substances

1958
Just as the science of pharmacology could profit from a better understanding of the action of drugs on protoplasm, so too the science of pathology is in need of additional information as to what happens to protoplasm as a result of injury. Various pathological conditions are due to changes in the protoplasmic colloid, and many modern pathologists are ...
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Brain Injury as a Result of Whiplash Injury

Journal of Whiplash & Related Disorders, 2002
AbstractThe literature on whiplash and mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is reviewed and discussed, focusing on disagreements between authors and the type and severity of brain injuries that can and do occur following motor vehicle crashes. Despite disagreements, it is clear from the literature that brain injury can result from whiplash. The diagnosis
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