The incidence of injury presentations to emergency departments in the Republic of Ireland has not been established. Data were collected relating to all injuries that presented on every eighth day in July-December 2005 to the three hospitals in Cork City. In total, 2,967 injury presentations were recorded. The total, male and female age-adjusted rate of injury presentations was 11,322, 13,933 an...

KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Health Interview Survey •From 2005-2008 to 2011-2014, the nonfatal injury rate increased for females but remained unchanged for males. •In 2005-2008, males had a higher nonfatal injury rate than females; however, in 2011-2014, the rates for males and females were similar. •From 2005-2008 to 2011-2014, the nonfatal injury rate increased significantly for women...

BACKGROUND Despite recent restrictions being placed on practice in college football, there are little data to correlate such changes with injuries. HYPOTHESIS Football injuries will correlate with a team's exposure to full-contact practice, total practice, and total games. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive epidemiological study. METHODS All injuries and athlete injury exposures (AE × Min = athlete...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate the relationship between waist circumference and work-related injury in reference to the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. METHODS By analyzing data from the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from 2007 to 2009, we estimated the rate of injury experience according to socioeconomic status...

third-degree perineal lacerations in 7 mares were repaired surgically by a one-stage method (goetz technique). primary healing occurred in all of them without any complication. the conception rate obtained after surgery was 70.1%. five horses out of seven got pregnant after surgery and no further injury was seen at subsequent foaling. three mares have produced several healthy foals without any ...

OBJECTIVE To examine how maternal and child characteristics interact to moderate injury rate and injury severity for young children. METHODS In this study, 149 mothers reported their toddlers' injuries over a 6-month period during biweekly interviews. Mothers completed questionnaires assessing parenting behaviors, psychological characteristics, and their children's injury-relevant behaviors. ...

BACKGROUND There is a relative paucity of research examining the sport-specific injury epidemiology of high school and collegiate volleyball athletes. Moreover, differences in study methodology frequently limit our ability to compare and contrast injury data collected from selected populations. HYPOTHESIS There are differences between the injury patterns characteristic of high school and coll...