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Cervical Sprain and Strain eMedicine PMR

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic28.htm

Cervical strain is one of the most common musculoskeletal problems encountered by generalists and neuromusculoskeletal specialists in the clinic.
One cause of cervical strain is termed cervical acceleration-deceleration injury. This is frequently called whiplash injury.
Whiplash is the most common sequela of nonfatal car injuries. Whiplash is one of the most poorly...
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2008 Unstable Pelvic Fractures eMedicine Orthopedics

Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1247426-overview

Graf & Karunakar 2008
This article focuses on unstable pelvic fractures, which are usually caused by high-energy injuries. The most common high-energy mechanism of injury is a motor vehicle accident. Patients who sustain these injuries not only have the osseous injury but also often have concomitant life-threatening injuries. Younger people are more...
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Prevalence of Associated Injuries of Spinal Trauma and Their Effect on Medical Utilization Among Hospitalized Adult Subjects

Location: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/9/137/abstract

A Nationwide Data-based Study
Results There were 51,641 cases enrolled. In general, hospitalized acute spinal trauma subjects stayed in hospital for 8.5+/-8.8 days and incurred a cost of $1,360+/-2,520 during 2000-2003 in Taiwan; 27.6% of the enrolled subjects suffered from neurological deficit, but only 17.3% underwent a surgical procedure for spinal injury....
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Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury

Location: http://www.smarttjournal.com/content/pdf/1758-2555-1-20.pdf

Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury: clinical and biomechanical approaches
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is common in knee joint accounting for 40% of sports injury. ACL injury leads to knee instability, therefore, understanding knee stability assessments would be useful for diagnosis of ACL injury, comparison between operation treatments...
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Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury

Location: http://www.smarttjournal.com/content/pdf/1758-2555-1-20.pdf

Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury: clinical and biomechanical approaches
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is common in knee joint accounting for 40% of sports injury. ACL injury leads to knee instability, therefore, understanding knee stability assessments would be useful for diagnosis of ACL injury, comparison between operation treatments...
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury eMedicine PMR

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The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) originates from the tibial plateau just medial and anterior to the tibial eminence. The ACL tracts from the tibia superiorly, laterally, and posteriorly to its insertion on the posterior aspect of the medial wall of the lateral femoral condyle. The ACL is composed of 2...
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Injury Severity Score Orthoteers

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The Injury Severity Score was developed in 1974 by Baker et. al. from Abbreviated Injury Scale to evaluate motor vehicle victims with multiple injuries.
* The Injury Severity Score (ISS) was used to compare the severity of injuries with an original study group of 2,128 victims, it...
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Turf Toe eMedicine Orthopedics

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic572.htm

Although several variations exist, the classic definition of turf toe is a hyperdorsiflexion injury of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint. Since approximately the 1980s, turf toe has received increased attention in the media because of its effect on college-level and professional athletes.
ynonyms and related keywords: hallux metatarsophalangeal joint injury, forefoot...
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Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorneys Who Litigate Broken Bone Injury Cases

Location: http://www.ehlinelaw.com

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Consumer attorneys practicing with an emphasis on broken bones and traumatic brain injury. Our orthopedic attorneys are California's best rated personal injury attorneys. Los Angeles Car crash, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accident claims, Marina del Rey boating accidents - cruise ship injuries and rape. We specialize in spinal...
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Human Bites eMedicine Emergency

Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/768978-overview

Human bite wounds have a notorious reputation, which is mostly based on one injury, the closed-fist injury. Human bites in other areas pose no greater risk than animal bites. Three general types of injuries can lead to complications: (1) closed-fist injury, (2) chomping injury to the finger, and (3) puncture-type...
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High-Pressure Injection Injuries eMedicine Orthopedics

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In 1937, Rees published the first reported case of a high-pressure injection (HPI) injury to the finger. This injury involved diesel fuel. Prior to Rees's report, Hesse had described a similar injury in 1925.
Although over 100 case reports of HPI injuries of the hand can be found in the literature,...
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Soft Tissue Ankle Injury eMedicine Emergency

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Most ankle sprains are due to inversion during extension (plantarflexion) of the ankle. Thus, approximately 85% of injuries involve the 3 distinct lateral ligaments: anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL), calcaneofibular ligament (CFL), and posterior talofibular ligament (PTFL). Of sprains due to inversion, 65% are isolated to the ATFL. In some patients,...
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Functional Outcomes per Level of Spinal Cord Injury eMedicine PMR

Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/322604-overview

The objectives of rehabilitation after an individual has sustained an acute spinal cord injury (SCI) include maximizing an individual's medical, functional, and psychosocial outcomes and providing education to the patient and his/her family. Rehabilitation should begin as soon as possible after injury in order to optimize outcomes and reduce complications.
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Cervical Spine Injuries in Sports eMedicine Orthopedics

Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1264627-overview

One of the most challenging roles of the team physician involves the intervention and decision-making processes regarding cervical spine (C-spine) injuries in contact sports. The team physician must be well versed in the prevention, evaluation, stabilization, and treatment of C-spine injuries. A high index of suspicion and an understanding of...
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Central Cord Syndrome eMedicine PMR

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Central cord syndrome (CCS), an acute cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), was initially described by Schneider and colleagues in 1954. It is marked by a disproportionately greater impairment of motor function in the upper extremities than in the lower ones, as well as by bladder dysfunction and a variable amount...
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Spasticity eMedicine PMR

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Spasticity (meaning to draw or tug) is involuntary, velocity-dependent, increased muscle tone that results in resistance to movement. The condition may occur secondary to a disorder or trauma, such as a spinal cord injury (SCI), a brain injury, a tumor, a stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), or a peripheral nerve injury....
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Gamekeepers Thumb eMedicine Orthopedics

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic112.htm

Campbell originally coined the term gamekeeper's thumb in 1955,1 because this condition was most commonly associated with Scottish gamekeepers, especially rabbit keepers, in whom the injury was work related. The injury occurred as the men sacrificed game such as rabbits; the animals' necks were broken between the ground and the...
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Thoracic Spine Fractures and Dislocations eMedicine Orthopedics

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic567.htm

Thoracic spine fractures, especially those resulting from high energy, can be devastating, often resulting in permanent neurologic injury. Neurologic deficit is encountered in 10-25% of all spinal column injuries, irrespective of the level of injury. A deficit occurs in 15-20% of all thoracolumbar injuries. In the event of a complete...
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Whiplash Claims Compensation

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What is Whiplash Injury?

Whiplash is the term used to describe the violent backwards and forwards movement of the head often experienced by people involved in road traffic accidents. The injury is to the muscles, ligaments or tendons in the neck, some of which have been stretched as a result of this whiplash motion.

Although...

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Cervical Spine Sprain Strain Injuries eMedicine Sports

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/SPORTS/topic24.htm

The most frequent cervical injuries in athletes are probably acute strains and sprains of the musculature of the neck. Strain refers to an injury to a muscle, occurring when a muscle-tendon unit is stretched or overloaded. Cervical muscles that commonly are strained include the sternocleidomastoid (SCM), the trapezius, the rhomboids,...
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Chopart Joint Fracture Dislocations

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OTA 2002 - Session 5 Session V - Foot and Ankle Sat., 10/12/02 Foot & Ankle, Paper #34, 9:41 AM Chopart Joint Fracture Dislocations: Initial Open Reduction is Better than Closed Reduction Martinus Richter, MD ; Tobias Hüfner, MD; Ulf Schmidt, MD; Thomas Gosling, MD; Jens Geerling, MD; Christian Krettek, MD,...
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Spinal Cord Injuries eMedicine Emergency

Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/793582-overview

Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) usually have permanent and often devastating neurologic deficits and disability.
The goals for the emergency physician are to establish the diagnosis and initiate treatment to prevent further neurologic injury from either pathologic motion of the injured vertebrae or secondary injury from the deleterious effects...
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The Essex-Lopresti injury

Location: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686054/

The Essex-Lopresti injury consists of a radial head fracture with associated injury to the forearm interosseus membrane and longitudinal instability of the distal radioulnar joint. Early recognition of this disorder usually results in a predictable and satisfactory outcome. However, when this disorder is unrecognized, late reconstruction is challenging and unpredictable,...
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Acromioclavicular Joint Injury eMedicine Sports

Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/92337-overview

Acromioclavicular (AC) joint injuries are common and often seen after bicycle wrecks, contact sports, and car accidents. The AC joint is located at the top of the shoulder where the acromion process and the clavicle meet to form a joint. Several ligaments surround this joint and depending on the severity...
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Injury in Kampala Uganda

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Trauma remains a tremendous cause of morbidity and mortality in most countries. The objective of our study was to describe injury from trauma at the major referral hospital in Uganda over a 1-year period.
Conclusion: Road traffic collisions are the greatest cause of morbidity and mortality from injury in Kampala, Uganda. When comparing data...
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