Objective Arm wrestling is common sport amongst amateur enthusiasts. Multiple injuries are described as a result of the sport. The authors present a narrative review of the common injuries associated with the sport. Design Systematic review with a critical appraisal of the literature and a narrative...
A questionnaire was used to collect data from 457 men and women practicing Karate, Judo and/or Wushu, including injuries from the past five years, type of injury and occurrence during training or competition. Results: Injuries that disrupted training occurred in 56% of Judokas, in 36.7% of ...
such as the player’s head being abruptly twisted towards or away from an impact to one of the shoulders. Transient quadriplegia is usually caused by a hyperextension injury to the neck, which may also involve axial loading of the neck. This condition often occurs because there is some degre...
autonomous vehicles, impaired driving from marijuana) will be important in preventing fatal and nonfatal injuries from MVCs, as well as pedestrian/bicyclists vs. motor vehicle collisions.36Although legislative efforts such as texting bans have been effective in ...
The primary function of the ACJ is to give the scapula an additional range of scapulothoracic rotation and to allow adjustments of the scapula in order to follow the shape of the thorax as arm movement occurs. It also allows the transmission of forces from the upper extremity to the ...
Most fractures happen in the arm, hand, or finger. Inline and ice skating, skateboarding, football, baseball, and gymnastics are just a few of the sports where you’re most likely to get fractures. But you can break your bones from playing any sport. ...
INTRODUCTION The sports injuries concept corresponds to the situations resulting from exceeding the en- durance limit of the tissues as a result of the fact that the whole body or a part of the body faces a force, which is above normal lim...
This is caused by the small bones in your hand breaking from the repetitious training involved in the sport. Oftentimes these fractures are minor and non-threatening, but many promising boxers have had their careers ended early as a result of extreme fractures. On this note, many people are ...
The elbow is a common site of orthopaedic injury in the paediatric population. The number of these injuries continues to rise following increased levels of
the age of 15 years, with the most common injury being a fracture of the upper limb. A California study of skatepark injuries estimated that the average time lost from school and work per injury was 1.1 and 5.5 days, respectively, with estimated medical costs and lost wages totaling $3,...