PURPOSE To evaluate whether helmets increase the incidence and/or severity of cervical spine injury; decrease the incidence of head injury; and/or increase the incidence of collisions (as a reflection of adverse effects on peripheral vision and/or auditory acuity) among young skiers and snowboarders. METHODS During one ski season (1998-99) at a world class ski resort, all young skiers and sno...

Helmet-mounted systems (HMS), such as night vision goggles and helmet-mounted displays, are designed to enhance pilot performance. Using HMS, however, may also affect pilot safety by increasing the potential for neck injury during ejection due to the increase in dynamic forces generated in the cervical spine as a result of the change in helmet inertial properties. Pilot bracing techniques may a...

Abstract Whiplash associated disorder (WAD) is a type of injury caused by rear‐end impacts. It painful long‐term the soft tissue in neck, which women suffer from 1.5 to 3 times more often compared men. Progress WAD research difficult, as (i) it occurs at loading level where muscle activity can no longer be neglected, (ii) characteristics play an essential role and (iii) there consensus on mecha...

AIM To identify the potential prognostic factors for mortality after falls from height. METHOD A retrospective clinical observational study included victims of fall of >6m from October 2000 to December 2007. Variables studied comprised each casualty's age, gender, height of fall, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, Abbreviated Injury Scale scores, Injury Severity Score, heart rate, Mean Arterial ...

Objective Define the number and type of facial and penetrating neck injuries sustained in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2011 to 2016. Compare recent injury trends to prior years of modern conflict. Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting Tertiary care hospital. Methods The Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR) was queried for facial and neck injuries from Iraq and Af...

The development of new protective systems must be performed on tools reliable and representative of alive human. In an earlier study, a simplified but realistic modeling of the head-neck-torso system under moderate rear impact was performed. This model of minimum complexity (MC-HNT model) but able to reproduce the 5 first experimental vibration modes was validated in the frequency domain in ter...

The objective of the study was to examine the 1-year cumulative incidence of episodic neck pain and to explore its associations with individual risk factors, including a history of previous neck injury. A baseline cross-sectional survey of an adult general population sample made up of all 7669 adults aged 18±75 years, registered with two family practices in South Manchester, United Kingdom, ide...

BACKGROUND Soccer heading is using the head to directly contact the ball, often to advance the ball down the field or score. It is a skill fundamental to the game, yet it has come under scrutiny. Repeated subclinical effects of heading may compound over time, resulting in neurologic deficits. Greater head accelerations are linked to brain injury. Developing an understanding of how the neck musc...

The standard of care after a pelvic fracture urethral injury is a repair via a one-stage anastomotic posterior urethroplasty using a step-wise perineal approach. The initial injury, immediate postoperative management, and surgical repair can all affect urinary continence in these patients. Proximal continence mechanisms, particularly the bladder neck, are particularly important in maintaining u...

Chyle leakage from the neck, which usually occurs after iatrogenic injury of thoracic or lymphatic duct, is an uncommon complication head and neck surgeries, include dissection thyroidectomy. A small amount chyle can be treated with conservative approaches, such as nutritional limitation, somatostatin analogues, wound compression. However, massive uncontrolled requires surgical exploration duct...