BACKGROUND In the first decade of this century players in the National Football League, the NFL community, fans, even the public at large, became aware that multiple concussions, heretofore considered inconsequential, could have devastating consequences later in life. RESULTS Since 1978, each one of the 32 teams in the NFL plays 16 games in the regular season. In the 25 years from 1978 to 200...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Trampoline parks, indoor recreational facilities with wall-to-wall trampolines, are increasing in number and popularity. The objective was to identify trends in emergency department visits for trampoline park injuries (TPIs) and compare TPI characteristics with home trampoline injuries (HTIs). METHODS Data on trampoline injuries from the National Electronic Injury Sur...

BACKGROUND The burden and pattern of ocular trauma in China are poorly known and not well studied. We aimed at studying the epidemiological characteristics of patients hospitalized for ocular trauma at major ophthalmology departments in the largest industrial base of plastic toys in China. METHODS A retrospective study of ocular trauma cases admitted to 3 tertiary hospitals in China from 1st ...

INTRODUCTION The elderly population in Singapore is steadily increasing, thus increasing the stress on healthcare provision and financing. Elderly injuries result in significant mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to identify the injury patterns, specific risk factors involved and needs of the elderly so that the current emergency model of care for the injured elderly can be improved and ...

This issue of Crash•Stats focuses on updated information in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Not-in-Traffic Surveillance (NiTS) system regarding injuries involving passenger vehicles that occur in non-crash incidents. As part of the NiTS system, NHTSA has joined with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to collect information on non-crash injuries involving passenge...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to estimate the cumulative incidence rate (CIR) of unintentional injuries in Korean daily life and to describe the pattern of unintentional injuries. METHODS The study population was the people who used the National Health Insurance because of injuries (ICD code: S00-T98) during 2006. The stratified sample according to gender, age and the severity of injury...

A hospital based case-control study was performed to determine causes of unintentional injuries among children aged 1-4 years at home. Data were obtained by interviewing parents and guardians of 242 children at Lerdsin Hospital in Bangkok, from August to October 1999. The results showed that falls were the most common type of injuries (54.6%). The age of 2 years comprised the major group (28.9%...

BACKGROUND We studied the prevalence and aetiology of penetrating ocular injuries, in particular ones that were sustained whilst undertaking Do It Yourself (DIY) or gardening in the domestic environment. We also examined the extent of eye safety promotion in DIY stores and garden centres and on their websites. METHODS We conducted a case note review of patients who underwent surgery for penet...

background: external causes of death are still among the main causes of death in the countries of the former soviet :union:. we studied epidemiology of injuries among elderly in a typical kazakhstani city. methods: data on all injuries among individuals aged 60 yr or older in the city of semey (former semipalatinsk) from 2010 to 2012 was collected from medical files. we present absolute numbers...