AIMS: To quantify the risks of British children drowning abroad. METHODS: The numbers of British children drowning abroad were estimated for 1996-2003 using the RoSPA/RLSS press cutting database. We compared these figures with the numbers of British childr...
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare concussion rates and recovery times for athletes wearing newer helmet technology compared to traditional helmet design. METHODS: This was a three-year, prospective, naturalistic, cohort study. Participant...
Drowning is a significant cause of childhood mortality in the developed world. Males and preschool-aged children are overrepresented in most series of pediatric drowning. To obtain a better understanding of age- and gender-related factors, a retrospective ...
Background: Hamstring injuries are the most common injury sustained by elite Australian football players and result in substantial costs because of missed training time, unavailability for matches and lost player payments. Evidence to support proposed risk...
Objective. To examine the characteristics of pediatric patients (age =16 years) injured at winter resort scenes and transported by helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) or ground EMS (GEMS) ambulance services to regional trauma centers. Methods. Bet...
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PURPOSE: To determine the circumstance and outcome of ocular injuries attributable to paintball projectiles. DESIGN: Retrospective interventional case series. METHODS: Institutional review board approved retrospective chart review of 19 consecutive eyes wi...
OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of multifactorial intervention to prevent falls in cognitively intact older persons with recurrent falls. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial of multifactorial (medical, physiotherapy and occupational therapy) pos...
Purpose: To assess the prevalence and strength of association of risk factors for falling in Canadian veterans of World War II and Korea and their caregivers. Methods: Questionnaires were sent to addresses of 3,000 Canadian veterans (response rate(1/4)70%)...
