Trauma & Injuries

New Treatment Unlocks Curled Fingers

Loyola University Health System is among the first centers to offer a new, nonsurgical treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture, a debilitating condition that curls fingers…    

Exercise prevents knee injuries in army recruits

Stretching and strengthening exercises help new military recruits avoid knee pain from hard training, UK researchers have found.

Nearly a quarter of…    

Link between fracture prevention and treatment adherence not fully understood by patients

Newly released findings of a multinational survey conducted on behalf of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) show clear disparities between patients’ and doctors’ perceptions…    

New insight into neuronal survival after brain injury

A new study identifies a molecule that is a critical regulator of neuron survival after ischemic brain injury. The research, published by Cell Press…    

This new year, how motivated are you?

Personal motivation may be the biggest factor in determining the length of time it takes for a patient to return to work following a…    

Biological Joints Could Replace Artificial Joints Soon

Artificial joint replacements can drastically change a patient’s quality of life. Painful, arthritic knees, shoulders and hips can be replaced with state-of-the-art metal or…    

Optimizing patient outcomes after therapeutic hypothermia for traumatic brain injury

Lowering the body temperature of patients soon after they have suffered a severe brain injury may reduce neurologic complications and improve outcomes. The safety…    

Transferring trauma patients may take longer than 2 hours—but not for the most serious injuries

Many trauma patients in Illinois who are transferred to another facility for care are not transported within the state-mandated two-hour window, but the most…    

Silent thyroid problems linked to fractures in men

Elderly men with mild thyroid dysfunction - most of whom are unaware of it - are significantly more likely to develop hip fractures,…    

Extensive Natural Recovery Seen After Spinal Cord Injury

A study led by researchers in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows unexpected and…    

Airbags protect the kidneys during a crash

Airbags not only protect people from head and chest injuries during car accidents, they may also protect individual organs - particularly the kidneys.

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New Study Identifies Risk Factors That Lead to Bicycling Injuries in City Traffic

The streets of New York City can be dangerous for bicyclists, but they can be especially risky for young adult male bicyclists who don’t…    

Kids’ brain injuries from basketball may be rising

Nearly 400,000 U.S. children and teenagers go to the emergency room for basketball-related injuries each year—with the number of concussions and other brain injuries…    

Female Athletes with Higher Estrogen Levels May Have Higher Injury Risk

In female athletes with chronically higher estrogen levels, differences in the mechanical properties of tendons may lead to a higher risk of injury, according…    

Falls the Leading Cause of Injury among Older Adults in China

Falls are the most common injury for both urban and rural elderly in China, responsible for more than two-thirds of all injuries in people…    

Combat injuries may cause epilepsy years later

Soldiers may develop epilepsy from a head injury as many as 30 years down the road, hints a new study of Vietnam veterans.

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Five Reasons Why Knee Replacements Fail

While most knee replacements will function well for years, patients should be aware of the signs of failure—including increased pain or decreased function—that may…    

Custom running shoes might not prevent injuries

Buying running shoes? A new study suggests that wearing sneakers tailored to your foot shape might not protect you against injuries.

New…    

To protect babies, keep car seats in the car: study

To prevent injuries in babies, car seats should stay in the car. That’s the message of a new study, published today in the journal…    

Brain damage rare in kids with simple head injuries

You shouldn’t worry too much if your kid hits his or her head and the doctor says it’s just a minor injury, Canadian researchers…    

Traumatic Brain Injury in Professional Football: An Evidence-based Perspective

Experts from Johns Hopkins Medicine hosted a press conference following a continuing medical education program on the epidemiology of head injury in professional football.…    

Dysfunction and Obesity

If you’re overweight, you have injuries. You’ve been so inactive that these injuries have been dormant. They don’t show up until you finally remove…    

15 Years After ACL Knee Reconstruction, 84% of Male Patients Still Highly Active

Eighty-four percent of males who had ACL knee (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction with a patellar tendon (the tendon that attaches the knee to the…    

Special issue of NeuroRehabilitation focuses on hypoxic-ischemic brain injuries

IOS Press announces publication of a special issue of NeuroRehabilitation: An International Journal (NRE) devoted specifically to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HI-BI), a significant disruption…    

Opiate painkillers raise fracture risk

Older adults who take powerful prescription painkillers known as opioids face an increased risk of bone fractures, especially at moderately high medication doses, a…