background: the global status report of the world health organization (who) on road safety suggested that india is leading in road traffi c accidents in the world. according to the report on road accidents in india in 2010 by the transport research wing, ministry of road transport and highways, new delhi, kerala ranked third in accidents per lakh population and second in persons injured per lak...

conclusions air weapons can cause serious injuries among children. increased public awareness, limitations to their usage and strict legislation are needed to protect children. case presentation the medical records of four teenage boys shot by air weapons between january 2012 and january 2013 in mersin, turkey, were retrospectively reviewed in this study. of the four boys, two needed prompt tho...

traumatic brain injury (tbi) is an important clinical problem in the worldwide and especially due to breaking driving rules in iran, but undesirable consequences of trauma can persist for the rest of patient’s life. we investigated the effect of a novel weight drop model of tbi on incidence of seizure 2 weeks after tbi. in this regard, 21 male wistar rat weighted 250-300 gr randomly were divide...

islamic republic of iran, considering specified guidelines in the horizon of the perspective, as pays attention to annually reducing the maximum number of traffic deaths, tries to minimize the rate of traffic fatalities until 2025 horizon. in order to reduce traffic injuries, iranian traffic police ,through preparing resources, inter-organizational coordinations, using modern technologies, usin...

traumatic brain injury (tbi) is a common injury leading to child disability and is associated with a variety of long-term cognitive, social, and behavioral dysfunctions. emotion perception (ep) starts up an integral part of social communication is critical to achieve developmentally appropriate goals. this skill, which emerges relatively early in development, is driven by increasing connectivit...

background:  hand injuries are among the most common childhood injuries. no study has been performed regarding the epidemiology of hand injuries in the pediatric population of iran. this study aimed to examine the epidemiology of hand injuries among children in southeast of iran.   methods:  this cross-sectional study was performed via census sampling on patients, aged 16 years or less, with a ...

background and aim : acute injuries of the spine and spinal cord are causing the greatest amount of disability. they produce high cost outcomes for patients and society psychologically and economically. knowing the epidemiology of these injuries play an important role in planning for prevention and conservative treatment. but now, we have little information about this in our country. the aim of...

objectives this study evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of posttraumatic headaches attributed to mild brain injury in military personnel in isfahan. materials and methods a prospective, observational, descriptive study was conducted with a cohort of military personnel in military training during a 6-month period at the military training center in isfahan, iran. a total of 322 militar...

background: the aim of this study is evaluation of the validity and reliability of the persian version of knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (koos) in patients with isolated meniscus injury. materials and methods: one hundred people with isolated meniscal injury (29 females and 71 males with a mean age ± standard deviation [sd] = 32.37 ± 9.97 years) and ?fty normal people with no knee...