The effect that compressed air massage (CAM) has on skeletal muscle has been ascertained by the morphological and morphometric evaluation of healthy vervet monkey and rabbit skeletal muscle. How CAM may influence the process of healing following a contusion injury is not known. To determine how CAM or other physiotherapeutic modalities may influence healing, it is necessary to create a minor in...

Objective and consistent assessment of locomotion recovery remains challenging in rodent spinal cord injury (SCI). We, therefore, studied the validity relevance CatWalk XT® gait analysis as a tool for assessing functional outcome clinically relevant cervical SCI model rats. In total, 20 Wistar rats were randomly assigned to either C6 clip compression/contusion or sham laminectomy. Locomotion wa...

'Rules-of-thumb', some of which were originally intended for arc furnaces, play a significant role in the design process for slag containing furnaces. Lack of fundamental understanding of the physics driving the performance of these furnaces sometimes results in either overly conservative, or poorly performing designs. This paper will explore some key technical issues related to the correct des...

Persistent pain development after a skeletal contusion rarely poses the diagnosis of osteomyelitis. We report the case of a fibular head contusion as an initial manifestation of a focal abscess development in a healthy young patient. The traditional treatment of surgical drainage revealed the presence of an atypical Mycobacterium haemophilum isolates in the abscess. This lead to further investi...

There are few reports in the literature regarding the use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for double-dysfunction from both heart and lung contusions in polytrauma patients. This article reports a 48-year-old patient admitted after a traffic accident. He rapidly progressed to shock with low cardiac output due to myocardial contusion and refractory hypoxemia due to pulm...

An important complication of chest trauma is serious cardiac problems. The fatal conditions like cardiac arrhythmias, including ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac arrest can occur in both cardiac concussion (commotio cordis) and cardiac contusion (contusio cordis). Commotio cordis is to be distinguished from cardiac contusion (contusio cordis) or blunt cardiac injury, a condition in wh...

Trauma to the brain is a leading cause of death and disability. The primary injury initiates a cascade of biochemical reactions in the brain that causes further neuronal damage, a process referred to as secondary brain injury. The mechanisms for secondary brain injury are not fully understood and successful treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI) still remain elusive. This study was underta...

This study represents our experience with severe blunt gastrointestinal injury in 29 polytrauma and 3 solitary trauma patients. The primary diagnosis was missed in intestinal perforation (4x) and mesenteric disrupture (1x). In 2 other patients contusion of the gastrointestinal wall led to postprimary perforation. The average mortality was 21.8%; only 2 patients died from abdominal sepsis. Blunt...

BACKGROUND Ocular contusion can produce severe lesions, which if not treated appropriately and promptly, can lead to visual impairment. Ocular contusion in childhood may not be reported by children. CASE PRESENTATION A 27 year old female presented with a partially absorbed cataractous lens that was dislocated into the anterior chamber of her left eye. There was mild anterior chamber reaction....

A female, aged 40, was admitted as an in-patient for multiple injuries on 8th July, 1930, sustained from the fall of the ceiling. The injuries were a lacerated wound of the scalp, simple fracture of the right femur, simple fracture of the 7th right rib and contusion of the right side of the chest wall. She developed contusion pneumonia complicated by purulent pleurisy of the right side. In time...