Modified Balance Error Scoring System (M-BESS) test scores in athletes wearing protective equipment and cleats.

Background: Balance testing is an important part of the initial concussion assessment. There is no research on the differences in Modified Balance Error Scoring System (M-BESS) scores when tested in real world as compared to control conditions.

Objective: To assess the difference in M-BESS scores in athletes wearing their protective equipment and cleats on different surfaces as compared to control conditions.

Driving under the influence of alcohol in professional drivers in Cameroon.

Background: Professional drivers play a pivotal role in transporting people and goods in Cameroon. Alcohol misuse is frequent in Cameroon, but its impact on professional drivers has never been studied. This study assessed driving under the influence of alcohol and its correlates in professional drivers in Cameroon.

Comparison of highway crash reporting in pakistan with the world health organization injury surveillance guidelines.

Objectives: To compare the crash reporting system of National Highways & Motorways Police (NH&MP), Pakistan, with the World Health Organization (WHO) injury surveillance guidelines.

Methods: Based on information collected from field observations, key informant interviews, and review of official documents, this note firstly describes the reporting system according to the components of a surveillance system. Then the reporting is compared with WHO criteria for designing and building an injury surveillance system and attributes of such a system.

Incidence of burns and factors associated with their hospitalisation in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Background: The burden of burns is largely underreported due to the lack of a surveillance system in Pakistan. The aim of our study was to determine the incidence of burns and factors associated with their hospitalisation in the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Methods: A prospective observational study from July 2007 to June 2008 was conducted.

Burden and factors associated with highway work-zone crashes, on a section of the Karachi-Hala Road, Pakistan.

Objective: To assess the burden and factors associated with highway work-zone (HWZ) crashes.

Design: Historical cohort.

Setting: Section of the Karachi-Hala Road, Pakistan (196 km).

Concordance between road mortality indicators in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.

Objective: Compare concordance between road mortality indicators in high-income (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Study Design: Ecological study.

Population: The most recent (from 2001 to 2006) one-year road traffic data were extracted from the World Road Statistics report, 2008.

Differences in reporting of violence and deliberate self harm related injuries to health and police authorities, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Background: The aim of study was to assess differences in reporting of violence and deliberate self harm (DSH) related injuries to police and emergency department (ED) in an urban town of Pakistan.

Methods/principal Findings: Study setting was Rawalpindi city of 1.6 million inhabitants.