BACKGROUND Tennis-teaching professionals represent a significant proportion of all avid tennis players worldwide, with 15,000 belonging to the largest professional organization, the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA). However, there is no epidemiologic study to date reporting the prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions in these tennis-teaching professionals. PURPOSE To inv...

BACKGROUND Reliable epidemiological information on injury burden and pattern is essential to formulate effective injury control and prevention strategies. Injury surveillance systems are globally gaining ground as a tool for collecting such systematic data on injuries, but less so in low and middle income countries. This study describes the experience of setting up a District Level Hospital-Bas...

Few epidemiologic studies have evaluated sex differences in work-related injury rates. In this study, the authors examined injury trends by type of injury, severity of injury, and how the injury occurred among a cohort of 9,582 female and 26,898 male electric utility workers employed during 1980-1992 by the Southern California Edison Company. Sex-specific unadjusted injury rates were higher thr...

OBJECTIVE To determine the etiology and pattern of maxillofacial injuries in the Armed Forces of Pakistan in terms of anatomical distribution of injuries. DESIGN A descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY January 2001 to Jan 2004 at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, AFID, Rawalpindi. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three hundred consecutive patients of Armed Forces of Pakistan wit...

BACKGROUND Professional sport is characterized by high injury rates but is also covered by health and safety legislation. AIM To examine the incidence of injury in professional rugby league as defined by the Reporting of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR 95). METHODS All injuries received during playing and training to both first-team and 'academy' (<19 years old) ...

INTRODUCTION Our study examines a recreational curling population to describe patterns of injury occurrence, estimate risk of injury and to gauge attitudes towards equipment-based prevention strategies. METHODS In a retrospective case series, we queried the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), a national injury surveillance database, for curling injuries entere...

BACKGROUND There has been recent concern about neuropsychological injuries experienced by soccer players, particularly related to the purposeful heading of the ball. There are few population based analyses examining whether this is a legitimate concern. OBJECTIVES To explore, using an existing injury surveillance system, one of many parts of this issue: acute injuries requiring emergency medi...

Introduction Badminton is an individual, non-contact sport requiring jumps, lunges, quick changes of direction and rapid arm movements from a wide variety of postural positions. The physical demands of badminton suggest that acute injuries to the limbs may be a frequent occurrence (Yung et al., 2007). However, overuse injuries of the back, shoulder, lower leg and knee may also be present (Fahls...

OBJECTIVES Fear of injury is reported as a barrier to exercise by older adults. However, the literature is limited in describing exercise injuries in older adults. DESIGN This study prospectively evaluated the 12-month incidence of exercise-related injuries to community-dwelling older adults (n=167 respondents; 63 men, 104 women; mean age 69±5 year). METHODS A questionnaire developed for us...

Some United Kingdom (UK) radiographers share the task of radiological reporting with radiologists. This paper aims to describe the current status of radiographer reporting of trauma images in the countries of the UK and reflect on its relevance to the development of similar advanced practice roles internationally. In February 2007, a cross-sectional survey with respect to radiographer reporting...