background & aim: spinal cord injury (sci) has a very long history, and its cases form a large proportion of patients admitted to trauma centers in iran. studies show that repair after spinal cord injury can be done. in fact, many pharmaceutical agents, such as erythropoietin (epo), are applied to reduce secondary injury following the initial disorder and to maintain the nerve tissue. methods &...

Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is a common source of pain and disability in patients. While many patients are affected by PNI, peripheral surgery advancements the lower extremity have lagged behind upper extremity. Subsequently, principles that demonstrated success been implemented Interventions with recent advances include advent novel transfers using stem cells electrical stimulation (ES) for ...

Controlling dynamic interactions between the lower limb and ground is important for skilled locomotion and may influence injury risk in athletes. It is well known that female athletes sustain anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears at higher rates than male athletes, and exhibit lower extremity biomechanics thought to increase injury risk during sport maneuvers. The purpose of this study was to ...

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC THERAPY & TRAINING agility, core stability, low back dysfunction, joint alignment, gender, joint mobility, psychosocial stress, and many other factors.2-6 Although evidence exists to support the association of various factors with lower extremity musculoskeletal injury, the relative contributions of individual factors to the multifactorial etiologies of differe...

BACKGROUND Microsurgical reconstruction of the lower extremity is an integral part of the limb salvage algorithm. Success is defined by a pain-free functional extremity, with a healed fracture and sufficient durable soft tissue coverage. Although early flap coverage of lower extremity fractures is an important goal, it is not always feasible because of multiple factors. Between the years 2000 a...

To identify anatomic and physiologic characteristics of children which are different from adults and to explain major patterns and responses of different types of injuries and to apply ATLS principles in management of injured kids and to emphasize on injury prevention to reduce the impact of injury in children. Children have larger head, smaller jaw, shorter, narrower, funnel shaped airway, sof...

DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old man with a history of surgery for traumatic injury to his right lower extremity developed extensive swelling of the affected extremity consistent with lymphedema after the operation. He presented to the plastic surgeon with continued worsening of the swollen extremity after failing conservative management.

OBJECTIVES Much attention has been given to lower extremity amputations that occur more than 90 days after injury, but little focus has been given to analogous upper extremity amputations. The purpose of this study was to determine the reason(s) for desired amputation and the common complications after amputation for those combat-wounded service members who underwent late upper extremity amputa...

BACKGROUND Evaluating demographic characteristics, distribution and types of orthopedic injuries following major earthquakes may be helpful in future planning for disasters. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to analyze data from trauma patients with extremity injury resulting from the earthquakes of East Azerbaijan, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS Medical records of 686 patients admitted to Shohada ho...