Nov 16, 2020

Only 21 states have mandatory helmet laws for pediatric bicyclists. This study sought to determine the incidence of helmeted riders among pediatric bicyclists involved in a collision and hypothesized ...

Nov 16, 2020

To estimate the minimum dose and total sedation time of rapidly infused ketamine that achieves 3 to 5 minutes of effective sedation in children undergoing abscess incision and drainage in the emergenc...

Nov 12, 2020

Patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) commonly suffer from osteoporosis and vertebral fracture, but data about their vertebral micro-architectural changes are still limited. This study aimed to evaluate ...

Nov 12, 2020

With motor vehicle collisions (MVC) predominating as a source of trauma now, we sought to 1) reassess the types of traumatic lumbar spine fractures, 2) highlight the coincidence of transverse process ...

Nov 09, 2020

To apply data reduction methods to athlete-monitoring measures to address the issue of data overload for practitioners of professional Australian football teams.Data were collected from 45 professiona...

Nov 09, 2020

Up to now, the main focus of analysis has been on determinants of the application for and utilization of medical rehabilitation due to back pain. The prevalence and determinants of motivational and vo...

Nov 05, 2020

The objective of this study was to catalogue items from instruments used to measure functioning, disability, and contextual factors in patients with low back pain (LBP) treated with manual medicine (m...

Nov 05, 2020

Microdiscectomy is the current standard surgical treatment for intervertebral disc (IVD) herniation, however annulus fibrosus (AF) defects remain unrepaired which can alter IVD biomechanical propertie...

Nov 02, 2020

Distal phalanx fractures are frequently encountered in our daily practice. They are often caused by crush injuries and are the most frequent work-related hand fractures. Different types of fixation ha...

Nov 02, 2020

Contingency learning, i.e. learning that a cue predicts the presence (or absence) of an event, is central to the formation of beliefs regarding painfulness of body postures. Such beliefs may spread to...

Oct 29, 2020

Femoral head fractures considered to be rare injuries. Surgical intervention is indicated for major fragment displacement or in the presence of instability. Surgical management can be achieved through...

Oct 29, 2020

Simple bone cyst (SBC), also known as unicameral bone cyst, is a benign, fluid-filled cystic lesion that mainly appears in the long bones of young patients. Simple bone cysts are considered dysplastic...

Oct 26, 2020

Surgical treatment of fragility sacrum fractureswith percutaneous sacroiliac (SI) screw fixation is associated with high failure rates. Turn-out is detected in up to 20% of the patients. The aim of th...

Oct 26, 2020

Spinal injury is among the most severe and feared injuries an athlete may face. We present an up-to-date review of the recent literature, stratifying recommendations based on injury location (cervical...

Oct 22, 2020

Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) protocols index magnitude of descending pain inhibition. This study evaluated whether degree of CPM, controlling for CPM expectancy confounds, was associated with ana...

Oct 22, 2020

Mandibular distraction osteogenesis is a widely utilized surgical procedure in the pediatric population for the treatment of mandibular retrognathia. Patients with congenital abnormalities may display...

Oct 15, 2020

To determine the incidence, demographics, and outcomes of concurrent cervical spine (C-spine) fractures in pediatric facial trauma.The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) from the 2016 Healthcare Cost Util...

Oct 15, 2020

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of 8-week inspiratory muscle training on activity in the ankle muscles of athletes with chronic low-back pain. A randomized controlled trial involving ...

Oct 15, 2020

Spinal stiffness and mobility assessments vary between clinical and research settings, potentially hindering the understanding and treatment of low back pain. A total of 71 healthy participants were e...

Oct 12, 2020

There are various techniques of Achilles tendon (TA) repair and reconstruction in chronic Achilles tear. However, there is no clear consensus on the relevance of one method over the other. The short f...