The Direct Hit mechanism resulted in GHJ dislocation and labral injury in 37.5% of players and was most likely to cause acromioclavicular joint dislocation and scapula fractures, injuries that were ...

In 1922, Ashhurst and Bromer [14] provided the first comprehensive classification of ankle fractures by mechanism of injury. They looked retrospectively at the radiographs of 300 cases ...

This fracture involves a fibular-sided avulsion of the Posterior Inferior Tibiofibular Ligament (PITFL), a unique injury pattern ... classification for trimalleolar fracture variants, improving ...

The management of ankle fractures is based on an understanding ... Thus, from the radiographic appearance, one may determine the mechanism of injury, and from the end result, the adequacy of ...

Finally, in parallel with these approaches, there is a clear need to definitively establish the most common mechanisms of cervical spine fracture and spinal cord injury in rugby union in order to ...

Conclusions: Collectively, most ankle fracture-dislocations are caused by high-energy injuries and usually have poor functional outcomes. The mechanism of injury can be dissected by the ankle anatomy ...

Other causes of a calcaneus fracture include automobile crashes and sports injuries. The calcaneus can also sustain a stress fracture, which is a more chronic injury sometimes seen ... due to the ...

Methods The Trauma Audit Research Network (TARN) database was interrogated to identify all cases of MT (injury severity score >15) between 1990 and the end of 2013. Age at presentation, gender, ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to increased rates of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. The mechanisms by which trauma can ... bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures; and CD4 ...

Fractures of the first 3 ribs indicated a high-energy injury that may lead to increased complications. The National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) does not provide detailed clinical ...