BACKGROUND Catastrophic head injuries in football are rare but tragic events. PURPOSE To update the profile of catastrophic head injuries in high school and college football players and to describe relevant risk factors. STUDY DESIGN Case series; Level of evidence, 4. METHODS We reviewed 94 incidents of severe football head injuries reported to the National Center for Catastrophic Sports ...

Head and cervical spine sports-related injuries are intimately associated. The on-field evaluation and management of the athlete with these injuries is of paramount importance to stabilize the athlete and prevent further injury. Clinicians need to be aware of the differential diagnoses and consider each possibility based on the mechanism of injury. Although recognition of head and cervical spin...

INTRODUCTION Head injuries represent a concern in skiing and snowboarding, with traumatic brain injuries being the most common cause of death. AIM To describe the mechanisms of head and face injuries among World Cup alpine and freestyle skiers and snowboarders. METHODS We performed a qualitative analysis of videos obtained of head and face injuries reported through the International Ski Fed...

BACKGROUND Radial head fractures are commonly interpreted as isolated injuries, and it is assumed that the energy transferred during trauma has its influence on the risk on associated ipsilateral upper limb injuries. However, relationships between Mason classification, mechanism of injury, and associated injuries have been reported only once before in a relatively small population. The purpose ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of helmets on the risk of head and neck injuries in skiers and snowboarders. DESIGN Matched case-control and case crossover study. SETTING 19 ski areas in Quebec, Canada, November 2001 to April 2002. PARTICIPANTS 1082 skiers and snowboarders (cases) with head and neck injuries reported by the ski patrol and 3295 skiers and snowboarders (controls) with non...

The determination of plausibility of an injury arising from a fall leading to head trauma is a great challenge especially in young children. The present review is aimed to discuss important developments in the filed of head trauma cases especially in children. We explored various studies pertaining to head trauma injuries in children by exploring mainly PubMed, Google scholar and some library p...

Injuries to the head and neck are the most frequent catastrophic sports injury, and head injuries are the most common direct athletic cause of death. Although direct compressive forces may injure the brain, neural tissue is particularly susceptible to injury from shearing stresses, which are most likely to occur when rotational forces are applied to the head. The most common athletic head injur...

Serious injury to the head is a national health problem with enormous emotional, fiscal, and physical consequences. For this special issue of PHYSICAL THERAPY, serious head injury is defined as trauma to the head with presumed brain involvement. Complete statistical data about head injury in the United States are not available. In the last decade, two national surveys have been done to determin...

to identify anatomic and physiologic characteristics of children which are different from adults and to explain major patterns and responses of different types of injuries and to apply atls principles in management of injured kids and to emphasize on injury prevention to reduce the impact of injury in children. children have larger head, smaller jaw, shorter, narrower, funnel shaped airway, sof...

AIM To observe the neurological complications arising from various tribal practices and their management. Penetrating head injuries comprise only a small number of total head injuries. A penetrating head injury by deliberate attempt to treat an ailment is almost unheard of. MATERIAL AND METHODS We present here a case of penetrating head injury caused by stabbing a scissor in head by a local w...