OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of genital injuries caused by trouser zips and to educate both consumers and the caregivers of patients who sustain such injuries. PATIENTS AND METHODS The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a dataset validated to provide a probability sample of patients who present to emergency departments (EDs) in the USA with injuries, was analysed to cha...

The measured toughness J(C) of adipose and dermal porcine tissues are 4.1 and 17 kJ m(-2), respectively, via a trouser tear test. An assessment is made of the contribution to overall toughness from the microstructural elements. The analysis suggests that the toughness of adipose tissue is determined by the collagen network that surrounds the adipocytes. The volume fraction of the interlobular s...

To test whether cerebral autoregulation is impaired in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), we evaluated 17 healthy control subjects and 27 patients with POTS. Blood pressure, heart rate, and cerebral blood velocity (transcranial Doppler) were recorded at rest and during 80 degree head-up tilt (HUT). Static cerebral autoregulation, as assessed from the change in cerebrovascular r...

Recent studies have shown that exposing human semen samples to cell phone radiation leads to a significant decline in sperm parameters. In daily living, a cell phone is usually kept in proximity to the groin, such as in a trouser pocket, separated from the testes by multiple layers of tissue. The aim of this study was to calculate the distance between cell phone and semen sample to set up an in...

Abstract Background Common peroneal nerve (CPN) injury is one of the most common injuries in lower extremities and motor functional recovery injured was often unsatisfactory, mechanism which still controversial. The purpose this retrospective study to determine prognostic factors patients who underwent surgery for CPN provide a tool clinicians assess patients’ prognosis. Methods This cohort all...

Inflation of the leg compartments of pneumatic trousers increases thoracic blood volume. The resultant response in respiratory impedence was investigated in nine normal volunteers, and compared with the response to increasing doses of inhaled carbachol. Respiratory impedance was measured by the forced oscillation technique (4-32 Hz), and respiratory resistance at zero frequency (R0) was extrapo...

Abstract Touched items at crime scenes are frequently analysed to help link suspects crimes, for example, Touch DNA is collected from victims' clothes in cases such as sexual assault, homicide, theft etc. Tape lifting the preferred collection method of choice trace clothes, fabric and porous surfaces paper, therefore this study investigated impact deposition area time on using minitape...