conclusions all paddle-boarding injuries were sustained by individuals who surf waves on a paddle-board, rather than paddle on calm water. despite concerns, paddle-board related injuries only accounted for 1% of 326 injuries suffered by surfers. we suggest equipment and practice modifications that may decrease the risk for injury and challenge the anecdotal theory that paddle-boarding injuries ...

background: due to their specific nature, such as high incidence, high intensity and direct involvement of all members of society, traffic injuries are of particular importance. through a mega data, this study investigated the epidemiological aspects and depict current situation of road traffic injuries in iran. methods: using legal medicine and traffic police data, deaths from road traffic inj...

background: motor vehicle crashes (mvc) are considered to be the most common safety challenge, causing more than a million deaths worldwide annually. objectives: the current study was aimed at identifying the etiological role of human and vehicle safety factors in road crashes, and their effects on the severity of injury and fatality in the sistan and baluchistan province, south east iran. pati...

background accident is an event that occurs suddenly, unexpectedly and inadvertently under unforeseen circumstances. accidents can have individual, social and economical effects 2080 injury cases including labor-law workers were studied in mashhad city, islamic republic of iran. their data were collected from the labor office archive. objectives this study was conducted to determine the effecti...

background: burn injuries in many respects is the most tragic that a person may experience. the purpose of this study was to know the burn casualties prevalence in people over 15 years old to identify the risk and predisposing factors in the province of west azarbaijan of iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed from march 2008 to march 2010. the demographic and epidemiologic inf...