1,017 results match your criteria: "Cervical Sprain and Strain"

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  • A study of data from 2012 to 2021 revealed that the majority of ED visits for rugby injuries came from young males, predominantly affecting the upper body, with concussions being the most frequent single injury.
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a notable decline in ED visits for soft tissue injuries like sprains and strains, raising concerns about untreated injuries among athletes and prompting a need for physicians to be aware of chronic sports-related injuries.
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  • This study analyzed US emergency department cases of dance-related injuries in children aged 3 to 19 from 2000 to 2020, revealing an alarming 68.1% increase in injury rates over the period.
  • A total of 489,119 children sought treatment for these injuries, with girls being the majority (80.3%) and older teens (ages 15 to 19) having nearly half of the cases.
  • Most injuries were sprains/strains, often in the lower extremities, with significant risks linked to unstructured dance activities, especially among younger children, indicating a need for targeted injury prevention strategies.
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  • Participation in martial arts has grown significantly, with millions of children involved, but the most thorough study of related injuries was conducted nearly 20 years ago.
  • A study analyzed data from 2004 to 2021, revealing around 176,947 children were treated for martial arts injuries in US emergency departments, with injury rates peaking in 2013 and showing a decrease by 2021.
  • Common injuries were strains/sprains, particularly in children aged 6-11, and competitive events had a much higher risk for serious injuries like head/neck trauma, highlighting the need for uniform safety regulations across martial arts disciplines.
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Context: Flag football is promoted as a safer alternative to tackle football. This may be 1 reason why participation rates have risen by 39% over the past 3 years. Despite rising participation, epidemiologic research on sport-specific injuries and associated relative risk is lacking.

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Effect of muscle activation scheme in human head-neck model on estimating cervical spine ligament strain from military volunteer frontal impact data.

Accid Anal Prev

September 2023

Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Neuroscience Research, VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Electronic address:

Cervical spine (c-spine) injuries are a common injury during automobile crashes. The objective of this study is to verify an existing head-neck (HN) finite element model with military volunteer frontal impact kinematics by varying the muscle activation scheme from previous literature. Proper muscle activation will allow for accurate percent elongation (strain) of the c-spine ligaments and will serve to establish ligamentous response during non-injury frontal impacts.

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  • * Out of 479 hands with a clinical diagnosis of CTS, 13% had their diagnosis changed to non-CTS following EDX, with significant associations found between diagnosis change and factors like unilateral symptoms and previous diagnosis by non-hand surgeons.
  • * The research concludes that thorough history-taking and physical examination are often more crucial for final diagnosis than EDX results, especially in cases where the initial diagnosis of CTS is uncertain.
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Electrocautery is an option for skin incision for the neck, abdominal or inguinal surgery, but is not generally used for hand surgery. The aim of this study was to clarify whether electrocautery skin incision would be beneficial in open carpal tunnel release (OCTR). A total of 16 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome underwent skin incision for OCTR using either a scalpel ( = 9) or a microdissection diathermy needle ( = 7).

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Spinal injury rates and specific causation in motor vehicle collisions.

Accid Anal Prev

June 2023

Center for Applied Biomechanics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.

Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are a leading cause of acute spinal injuries. Chronic spinal pathologies are common in the population. Thus, determining the incidence of different types of spinal injuries due to MVCs and understanding biomechanical mechanism of these injuries is important for distinguishing acute injuries from chronic degenerative disease.

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Background: Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) may also have cervical radiculopathy (CR) or vice versa, potentially requiring carpal tunnel release (CTR) and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). This study evaluates whether there is an increased risk of complications following CTR or ACDF in patients with concurrent CTS and CR (CTS-CR) compared with those with only CTS or CR.

Methods: A multipayer database was used to identify patients with CTS-CR.

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Background: The ulnar nerve has a long and complex anatomical course, originating from the brachial neural plexus in the neck with nerve trunk formation at the posterior neck triangle, and on to the axilla. This intricate anatomical pathway renders the nerve susceptible to compression, direct injury, and traction throughout its course. Compression of the ulnar nerve is the second most common compression neuropathy of the median nerve adjacent to the wrist joint, after carpal tunnel syndrome.

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Research Letter: Prevalence of Spine Injuries Among US Military Personnel With Combat-Related Concussion.

J Head Trauma Rehabil

November 2023

Medical Modeling, Simulation, and Mission Support Department (Dr MacGregor, Mr D'Souza, and Ms Dougherty) and Operational Readiness and Health Directorate (Dr Fraser), Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California; and Leidos, Inc, San Diego, California (Mr D'Souza and Ms Dougherty).

Objective: To describe the prevalence of spine injuries among US service members with combat-related concussion.

Design And Participants: A retrospective review of medical records for US service members injured during combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2002 and 2020. The study sample included 27 897 service members categorized into 3 groups: concussion with loss of consciousness (LOC, n = 4631), concussion non-LOC ( n = 5533), and non-concussion ( n = 17 333).

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  • The study analyzes injury data from mounted and non-mounted police officers, comparing the types and frequencies of injuries sustained over a six-year period.
  • Of the 35,406 reported injuries, 99.6% were from non-mounted officers, revealing that mounted officers experience injuries at rates 2-3 times higher, particularly from slips, trips, and falls.
  • The leading causes of injuries differ significantly between the two groups, with mounted officers primarily injured during animal handling, while non-mounted officers are more frequently injured during physical assaults and arresting offenders.
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Objectives: To assess within-player change in injury risk and between-player subsequent injury risk associated with concussive and common non-concussive injuries in professional rugby union.

Methods: This prospective cohort study in Welsh professional male rugby union analysed within-player and between-player injury risk for five common injuries: concussion, thigh haematoma, hamstring muscle strain, lateral ankle sprain and acromioclavicular joint sprain. Survival models quantified within-player injury risk by comparing precommon (before) injury risk to postcommon (after) injury risk, whereas between-player subsequent injury risk was quantified by comparing players who had sustained one of the common injuries against those who had not sustained the common injury.

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Carpal tunnel syndrome: updated evidence and new questions.

Lancet Neurol

March 2023

Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Division, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common entrapment neuropathy, affecting quality of life for many people. Although it is a well recognised condition, new insights into epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment have emerged in the past 6 years. The availability of disease-modifying treatments for rare systemic disorders associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (eg, amyloidosis) should alert clinicians to these diagnostic possibilities.

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Background: Intravascular papillary hemangioendothelioma (IVPH) is a benign lesion previously reported in the nasal cavity, neck, upper extremities, and breast. Diagnosis with cross-sectional imaging can prove difficult, with histopathological examination necessary for diagnosis. IVPH resulting in carpal tunnel symptoms is quite rare.

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Epidemiology of injuries in amateur boxing: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

J Sci Med Sport

December 2022

Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia.

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  • The study aims to analyze injury rates in amateur boxing during both competition and training sessions by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing data.
  • Seventeen cohort studies were reviewed, revealing that competition injury incidence rates are significantly higher (54.7 injuries per 1000 athlete-exposures) compared to training (1.3 injuries per 1000 hours).
  • The most frequently injured areas were the head and neck during competition, while sprains and strains were more common in training; the results highlight a need for injury prevention strategies to protect amateur boxers.
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Background: Regarding musculoskeletal conditions, patient's psychological distress, are shown to be associated with higher disability. Cervical radiculopathy (CR) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), are two conditions caused by entrapment of cervical nerve roots and carpal median nerve, respectively. This study aims to investigate the association of psychological factors including depression, anxiety, and pain catastrophizing, with measures of upper limb patient-reported and performance-based disability, in patients with CR, and compare the obtained results with our similar study on CTS.

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Background: Little attention has been given to support the use of slider and tensioner neural mobilization (NM) techniques for upper quadrant pain (UQP). The purpose of this study was to systematically review the effectiveness of these techniques in patients with UQP.

Method: The PubMed, Cochrane Library and EBSCOhost were searched without chronological restriction to identify randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that assessed pain changes following NM in the upper quadrant.

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Background: Gabapentinoids, including gabapentin and pregabalin, are commonly prescribed for neuropathic pain, but robust evidence recommends against using gabapentinoids for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We aimed to quantify national prescribing patterns of gabapentinoids for CTS.

Methods: We performed a retrospective population-based cohort study using claims data of gabapentinoid-naïve patients with a new diagnosis of CTS (2009-2016).

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Purpose: This study investigated specific risk factors for recurrent surgery of ulnar nerve entrapment (ie, ipsilateral clinical symptoms within 5 years after initial cubital tunnel release [CuTR]) in a large cohort. We hypothesized that recurrence is associated with lifestyle variables (eg, smoking, drinking alcohol, a high body mass index [BMI]) or comorbidities).

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed using the Current Procedural Terminology codes for all patients who underwent CuTR between January 2012 and November 2018.

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  • Limited research exists on the long-term health impacts of playing rugby union after retirement, prompting this study to compare former rugby players with non-contact sport players regarding injury history and health status.
  • The study surveyed 470 former players, exploring various health factors through a comprehensive e-questionnaire and highlighting notable differences between elite/community rugby players and non-contact sport players.
  • Findings revealed that rugby players, particularly elite ones, experienced significantly higher rates of injuries, concussions, and long-term health issues like osteoarthritis, as well as increased hazardous alcohol consumption in retirement compared to non-contact athletes.
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Objectives: The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the incidence of injuries among lacrosse athletes and the differences in rates of injury by location and gender.

Methods: The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines were implemented to conduct this systematic review.[1] The following variables were extracted from each of the included articles: location of injury, gender of patient, and incidence of injury among study population.

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  • Baseball and softball are popular sports in the U.S., but they also lead to many youth injuries each year, prompting a study on recent trends in these injuries.
  • The study analyzed data from the NEISS database for pediatric injuries between 2010-2019, categorizing cases by type of injury and age group, revealing significant differences in injury rates and types between the two sports.
  • Results showed that baseball had more head/neck injuries and contact injuries, while softball had a higher rate of lower extremity injuries and sprains/strains, with demographic differences where most injured softball players were adolescent females, and most injured baseball players were children and males.
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Surfing has rapidly grown in popularity as the sport made its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Surfing injuries are becoming more relevant with the globalisation and increasing risks of the sport, but despite this, little is known about surfing injuries or prevention strategies in either the competitive or recreational surfer. Prior research demonstrates that surfers are injured at a frequency of 0.

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