Researchers have the potential to be exposed a wide variety of hazards inherent equipment they use and maintain. When does not function as expected, researchers sometimes reach out their vendors for assistance. Early diagnostic or troubleshooting interactions between researcher vendor are often conducted over telephone can lead performing work outside area expertise exposure unknown hazards. Th...

Hand surgery in Canada versus tHe united states Since the introduction of universal health care in Canada approximately 30 years ago, every patient with a hand injury has received the same care, regardless of their financial status or their place of employment. Although future changes to the health care system in the United States (US) may occur during the current administration, it does not ap...

BACKGROUND Both the number and the proportion of elderly people in the society increase. The number of elderly subjects with a disability due to a disease has decreased resulting in more active elderly. Therefore, an increase in numbers of injury in the elderly population can be expected; a hypothesis that was investigated in the present study. METHODS Two-hundred sixteen patients with an age...

BACKGROUND Hand injuries can result in significant time away from competition for professional basketball players. Time to return to play after hand injuries in elite athletes has not been well described. PURPOSE To report the return to play from metacarpal fractures, phalangeal fractures, and thumb ligament tears in National Basketball Association (NBA) players over a 5-year period. STUDY ...

BACKGROUND Workers with acute hand injuries account for over 1 000 000 emergency department visits annually in the United States. AIMS To determine potential transient risk factors for occupational acute hand injury. METHODS Subjects were recruited from 23 occupational health clinics in five northeastern states in the USA. In a telephone interview, subjects were asked to report the occurren...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this research study was to gain an understanding of how rural and remote residents in North Queensland, Australia, engaged in work, activities of daily living tasks and social activities following a traumatic hand injury. Findings from a previous retrospective survey with these participants revealed that patients experienced difficulties such as pain for many years after...

BACKGROUND The sport of rock climbing has its own spectrum of injuries, almost half of which involve the wrist and hand. OBJECTIVE To examine the incidence of acute wrist and hand injuries in 545 members of The Climbers' Club of Great Britain. METHOD A total of 1100 questionnaires were sent to current members of The Climbers' Club of Great Britain for them to detail any hand and wrist injur...