Healthcare professionals prescribe foot orthoses (FOs) for treatment and prevention of lower limb injuries, but previous reviews of the effectiveness of FOs have been inconclusive. We have therefore performed a review emphasizing the magnitude of treatment effects to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of FOs in the treatment and prevention of lower limb injuries.Qualifying studies were mainly ...

PURPOSE Leg threatening injuries present patients and clinicians with a difficult decision: whether to pursue primary amputation or limb salvage? The purpose of our study was to review the literature in an effort to inform this management decision. METHODS We systematically searched and selected observational studies that reported on individuals presenting with leg threatening injuries compar...

Proprioception and muscle strength are both reported to influence single-limb stance balance in patients with chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. However, the effects of these parameters on dynamic stance balance in such patients are currently unknown. This study was undertaken to ascertain whether proprioception, muscle strength, and knee laxity are correlated with dynamic stand...

Sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquets (HemaClear; OHK Medical Devices, Haifa, Israel) are relatively new on the market but are widely used because of the ease and speed of their application. The sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet consists of a silicon ring wrapped in a stockinet sleeve with pull straps. The physician places the ring on the patient's fingers or toes and then pulls th...

Although hand injuries due to kite strings seem to be trivial, these injuries could be serious enough to lose the function of hand. This case series in the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of our institution from August 2014 to January 2016 evaluated the clinic-etiological profile, severity and management of hand injuries due to kite strings assessed clinically and radiologica...

In pedestrian injury biomechanics, knees and lower legs are highly recruited, leading to joint damage and bones failures. Safety improvements should mainly focus on knee ligaments injury minimization. To investigate the corresponding injury mechanisms and postulate on injury criteria risk, both experimental and finite element simulation approaches were performed. The lower limb behavior was fir...

Globally, falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths, with 80% occurring in low-and middle-income countries. The overall objective of this study is to describe the burden and risk factors of falls in rural Bangladesh. In 2013, a large household survey covering a population of 1,169,593 was conducted in seven rural sub-districts of Bangladesh to assess the burden of all in...

BACKGROUND Bomb blast injuries result in premature deaths and burdening of healthcare systems. The objective of this study was to explore the characteristics and outcome of patients presenting to the emergency departments in Pakistan with bomb blast injuries. METHODS Active surveillance was conducted in seven major emergency departments of Pakistan from November 2010-March 2011. All the sites...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and pattern of different types of vascular injuries, their management and surgical complications. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar, from August 2008 to August 2010. METHODOLOGY All patients of vascular injuries were included. Traumatic amputation, amputation for extensive soft tissue, or nerve i...

The study aimed to assess the effect of compulsory cycle helmet legislation on cyclist head injuries given the ongoing debate in Australia as to the efficacy of this measure at a population level. We used hospital admissions data from New South Wales, Australia, from a 36 month period centred at the time legislation came into effect. Negative binomial regression of hospital admission counts of ...