a b s t r a c t mortality and morbidity from trauma continues to be a serious, ubiquitous public health problem. our short communication reports on the benefits of a dedicated lower limb trauma coordinator (lltc) to the trauma service of a busy inner-london plastics unit. this is based on a retrospective case-note based audit; performed 19 months prior to the introduction of the lltc and for 16...

US and European pedestrian crash cases were analyzed to determine frequency of injury by body region and by the vehicle component identified as the injury source. US pedestrian data was drawn from the Pedestrian Crash Data Study (PCDS). European pedestrian data was drawn from the German In-Depth Accident Study (GIDAS). Results were analyzed in terms of both serious injury (AIS 3+) and disabling...

Lower extremity musculoskeletal injuries have become a public health concern for active individuals when considering the complications that often present later in life after injury (eg, degenerative joint disease). 10 A recent surge of lower extremity injury prevention programs, 14,22 specifically aimed at ACL injury prevention, have provided some promising results in reducing knee injury among...

BACKGROUND/AIM Considerable improvement has been made in football field surfaces and types of shoe, yet relatively few epidemiological studies have investigated their roles in the risk of football injuries. This study examined the effects of field surface, surface condition and shoe type on the likelihood of lower extremity football injuries. METHODS Deidentified data from 188 players from on...

CONTEXT Lower extremity injuries are common in basketball, yet it is unclear how prophylactic interventions affect lower extremity injury incidence rates. OBJECTIVE To analyze the effectiveness of current lower extremity injury prevention programs in basketball athletes, focusing on injury rates of (1) general lower extremity injuries, (2) ankle sprains, and (3) anterior cruciate ligament (AC...

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 ...

abstract: knee joint has major role in lower extremity activities. emong different elements of knee joint complex, anterior cruciate ligament has becom more interested because of its alignment, structural complication, varied never receptors and frequently susceptibility to injury. afterinjury of this ligament knee extensor torque decreases. the aim of this research was that reduce of quadricep...

BACKGROUND Concussions have been associated with elevated musculoskeletal injury risk; however, the influence of unreported and unrecognized concussions has not been investigated. HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to examine the association between concussion and lower extremity musculoskeletal injury rates across a diverse array of sports among collegiate student-athletes at the concl...