THE IMPORTANCE OF INJURY PREVENTION

The importance of injury prevention.

It was so encouraging to read the Editor's Choice, "The Solution Is Injury Prevention," in the April 2004 issue of the Journal. Those of us working to prevent injuries often encounter the erroneous sentiment Benjamin so eloquently challenges-that injuries are just accidents and do not represent a critical public health problem. Injuries result in more deaths than all other causes combined for p...

The importance of physical fitness for injury prevention: part 1.

Physical fitness can be defined as a set of attributes that allows the ability to perform physical activity. The attributes or components of fitness were identified by testing large numbers of individuals on physical performance tests (e.g., sit-ups, push-ups, runs, pull-ups, rope climbs, vertical jump, long jumps), and using statistical techniques to find tests that seem to share common perfor...

Importance of health education in injury prevention among children.

The Performance of Helmet-Based Kinematic Measurement Systems: Importance for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention

It is estimated that millions of mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) occur each year, and studies show that these injuries can have more long-term neurological consequences than previously thought. High impact sports provide a unique real-world opportunity to study the biomechanical inputs that lead to mTBI and helmet-based instrumentation can be used to estimate the kinematics of head impact...

The Prophylactic Capacity of Nepeta Menthoides (Ostokhodus) in Prevention of Spinal Motoneuron Injury

Background & Aims: Since apoptotic cell death plays a crucial role in many neurodegenerative diseases, control of apoptosis can be taken into account as a putative neuroprotective strategy. Due to the reported neuroprotective effect of the herbal medicine Nepeta Menthoides (Ostokhodus) on the axotomy-induced apoptosis in the spinal motoneurons, in the present study we have investigated its prop...