The purpose of this study was to establish and compare the number and the average annual rate of occupational accidents and traumatic injuries in two industrial plants (textile production, and manufacture of metal products) between 1993 and 2002 and to estimate the effects of a safety programme introduced in textile industry. Textile industry plant has been implementing a programme for the surv...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the injury incidence and mechanism of injuries in elite Asian handball players using descriptive questionnaire. On the whole, during the last year, 63 injuries were recorded. The incidence of injuries per 1000 hours of competition was found to be 20.7 while per 1000 hours of training .96 injuries happened. The results showed that acute injuries [82.5...

What are the most common causes of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in athletes? The most common causes for ACL injury in athletes are noncontact, twisting injuries that involved a pivoting motion. For example, in sports such as soccer, athletes frequently perform motions that plant and twist the lower extremities, putting those who play soccer at one of the highest likelihoods of ACL in...

OBJECTIVES This study expands previous research comparing injury risk for women and men in a cohort of 24,000 US aluminium manufacturing workers in 15 facilities from 2001 to 2010. METHODS We compared injury rates (all injury, first aid, medical treatment, restricted work and lost work time) by sex and by job and sex. Using a mixed effect modelling approach, we calculated ORs and 95% CIs adju...

ABOUT 80,000 to 250,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries of the knee occur annually, with many of these injuries affecting individuals between the ages of 15-25 years. I The majority of ACL injuries are noncontact in nature,23 with landing and plantand-cut maneuvers being the most common activities associated with it 4 Females participating in sports that involve jump landing and plant...

The purpose of this study was to examine the injury incidence and pattern of injuries in youth female and male team handball players using two different prospective registration methods; match reports (90 teams, 1080 players) and coach reports (34 teams, 428 players). A total of 118 injuries were recorded by the coach report, of which 93 (79%) were acute injuries (incidence training: 0.9+/-0.16...

[Purpose] The present study investigated the physical and mental effects of plant factory work in individuals with cervical spinal cord injury and the use of a newly developed agricultural working environment. [Subjects] Six males with C5-C8 spinal cord injuries and 10 healthy volunteers participated. [Methods] Plant factory work involved three simulated repetitive tasks: sowing, transplantatio...