Timely, accurate and reliable injury statistics are an important part of the public health approach to injury prevention. Unreliable statistics thwart efforts to monitor and respond to injury prevention and to assess the effectiveness of prevention initiatives. While most South Africans would concur that we have high incidences of injury and violence, official statistics do not explain the full...

The objective of this study was to compare incidences and patterns of injury for female and male elite teams when playing football on artificial turf and grass. Twenty teams (15 male, 5 female) playing home matches on third-generation artificial turf were followed prospectively; their injury risk when playing on artificial turf pitches was compared with the risk when playing on grass. Individua...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Despite recent national attention on deaths from firearms, little information exists about children and adolescents who are hospitalized for firearm injuries. The objective was to determine the national frequency of firearm-related hospitalizations in the United States in children, compare rates by cause and demographics, and describe hospitalized cases. METHODS We us...

Root fracture is relatively rare and represents only 0.5-7% of all dental trauma, its incidence higher in children than adults depending on the way it occurs can be vertical or horizontal,

background and aim: motor vehicle accidents are common cause of mortality, morbidity and disability. human factors are principle cause for frequency of motor vehicle accident. in most studies, 52-40% lower limb injuries are trauma from a motorcycle accident. these accidents cause high financial cost and harm for society. materials and methods: in this study, patients with lower limb injuries re...

ingly problematic in the lives of both recreational and competitive athletes, both physically and psychologically. These injuries can lead to an inability to perform athletically, in addition to initiating degenerative changes at the joint level. In 1972, Title IX of the Educational Amendments was passed to enable women to participate in academic and athletic events without gender discriminatio...

Chemical injuries of the eye form a small but significant fraction of ocular trauma. Three recent studies'-3 put the incidence at 7, 8-7, and 9-9% of all ocular trauma, respectively. While many of these injuries are trivial, with no lasting adverse effects, others, notably those involving strong alkalis and to a less extent acids and other noxious substances, are potentially blinding. This stud...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether young fast bowlers are exceeding directives limiting bowling and how incidence of fast bowling injury varies with amount of bowling. METHODS A prospective cohort study of injuries sustained by 70 fast bowlers (mean (SD) age 15.3 (2.4) years) was undertaken. Bowlers were recruited from the Centres of Excellence of three "First Class" counties in England in Janua...