Symptoms and sickleave among forestry machine operators working with pronated hands.

Nineteen forestry machines operators worked with two types of hand controls. Harvesting operators, who worked with their hands in pronated position, were more often on sickleave compared with operators working with their hands semi-pronated. This is one of several important factors related to musculoskeletal symptoms.

Epidemiology of scapular fractures. Incidence and classification of 338 fractures.

We have studied scapular fractures, with special reference to intraarticular glenoid fractures, during a 10-year period in 2 Swedish counties. There were 338 scapular fractures in 322 patients. The annual incidence was 10/10(5) inhabitants, of which 30 percent affected the glenoid cavity.

Lethal horse-riding injuries.

Riding accidents can be of a serious nature. Knowledge of risk factors is of essential value in the prevention of injuries. From the years 1969 through 1982 a series of 53 lethal riding injuries is analysed with reference to the rider, the horse, and the environment.

Surgical decision in the treatment of extradural haematoma.

Extradural haematomas (EH) do not always present with the classical picture of skull trauma followed by a lucid interval, deepening coma, unilateral enlarging pupil and hemiplegia. Symptoms and signs can be puzzling and complex in many cases of EH and may thus lead to dangerous therapeutic delay. Uncertainties also arise concerning the length of the postoperative intensive care in unsuccessful cases.