PURPOSE Football is the most popular high school sport; however, it has the highest rate of injury. Speculation has been prevalent that foot fixation due to high footwear traction contributes to injury risk. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to determine whether a relationship exists between the athlete's specific footwear traction (measured with their own shoes on the field of play) and ...

BACKGROUND Previously, no difference in acute injury rate has been found when playing football on artificial turf (AT) compared with natural grass (NG). AIM To compare acute injury rates in professional football played on AT and NG at the individual player level; and to compare, at club level, acute and overuse injury rates between clubs that have AT at their home venue (AT clubs) and clubs t...

BACKGROUND Ice hockey is a high-speed collision sport with recognized injury potential. Body checking, identified as a primary cause of injury, is allowed in men's hockey but is not allowed at any level for female players. The injury patterns in collegiate hockey should reflect this fundamental difference in how the game is played. In this study, we reviewed the injuries sustained by National C...

conclusions in professional youth soccer injury rates are reasonably low. muscle injuries are the most common type of injuries while groin and thigh the most common locations. artificial turf pitches don’t seem to contribute to injury incidence in young football players. results a total of 107 injuries (35 from the op and 72 from the yp) were recorded during an exposure time of 83.760 hours (in...

Objectives—Although the nature of rugby injury has been well documented, little is known about key risk factors. A prospective cohort study was undertaken to examine the association between potential risk factors and injury risk, measured both as an injury incidence rate and as a proportion of the playing season missed. The latter measure incorporates a measure of injury severity. Methods—A coh...

BACKGROUND Pitching is a common mechanism of injury in baseball, with known risk factors for elbow injuries among adolescent pitchers. HYPOTHESIS Elbow injury rates and mechanisms will differ between high school baseball and softball players. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive epidemiology study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 3. METHODS Baseball- and softball-related injury data from the 2005-2006 thro...

OBJECTIVES Although the nature of rugby injury has been well documented, little is known about key risk factors. A prospective cohort study was undertaken to examine the association between potential risk factors and injury risk, measured both as an injury incidence rate and as a proportion of the playing season missed. The latter measure incorporates a measure of injury severity. METHODS A c...

Background Firearm – related injuries of the thorax and heart are a major problem worldwide. Mortality rate in non-cardiac thoracic injuries is very low compared with that of cardiac injury. Because of the complexity of the injury a gunshot wound to the heart has the highest mortality rate. The rate of thoracic aorta injuries is burdened with a high mortality (80-90%) and management of this inj...

Numerous experimental studies demonstrate key aspects of mechanical ventilation which initiate or exacerbate acute lung injury, characterized by proteinaceous edema, inflammation, and hemorrhage. The great majority these investigations into Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury (VILI) have focused on the characteristics directly regulated clinician, including individual tidal cycle-tidal volume, inspi...

introduction: ischemia-reperfusion (ir) injury involves a complex, interrelated sequence of events. generation of reactive oxygen species (ros) especially superoxide anion, during ir is reported. the present study was designed to investigate the effect of mn (iii) tetrakis (4- benzoic acid) porphyrin (mntbap), an active, stable, nontoxic, and cell permeable sod (super oxide dismutase) mimetic i...