Skateboard injuries: preliminary report.

Skateboard injuries.

Longboard and skateboard injuries.

INTRODUCTION The causes and events related to skateboarding injuries have been widely documented. However, little is known about longboard-related injuries. With five deaths linked to longboarding in the United States and Canada in 2012, some cities are already considering banning the practice. This study compared the types and causes of longboarding-related injuries to those associated with sk...

Association football injuries to the brain. A preliminary report.

In 1975 the authors sent a questionnaire to all players in the Norwegian First Division League Clubs to record the incidence of head injuries due to heading. The conclusion of the questionnaire is that there seems to be a low percentage of serious head injuries. None of the players had been operated on for epi- or subdural hematoma or other brain damage and only a few have had concussion due to...

Skateboard injuries. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention.

Efforts to control injury, like those to control disease, are based on epidemiologic evidence that most occurrences are both predictable and preventable. Effective injury control programs depend heavily on evidence generated as a result of a strong research agenda. This policy statement outlines the magnitude of the injury toll and the prevention efforts that have expanded during the past decad...

OUTPATIENT RETINAL DETACHMENT SURGERY: A PRELIMINARY REPORT

Retinal detachment surgery has been considered an inpatient hospital procedure requiring preoperative and postoperative hospitalization. In this pilot study, outpatient retinal detachment surgery was performed on sixteen patients and the results (100% success rate after an average follow-up of 8.3 months) were comparable or better than reported overall success rates for retinal detachment ...