scholarly journals Using Test Dummy Experiments to Investigate Pediatric Injury Risk in Simulated Short-Distance Falls

2003 ◽  
Vol 157 (5) ◽  
pp. 480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina E. Bertocci ◽  
Mary Clyde Pierce ◽  
Ernest Deemer ◽  
Fernando Aguel ◽  
Janine E. Janosky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Short Distance ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Pediatric Injury

Evidence-Based Assessment of Pediatric Injury and Injury Risk

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan T. Karazsia ◽  
Keri J. Brown Kirschman
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Pediatric Injury

Influence of wet surfaces and fall height on pediatric injury risk in feet-first freefalls as predicted using a test dummy

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Deemer ◽  
Gina Bertocci ◽  
Mary Clyde Pierce ◽  
Fernando Aguel ◽  
Janine Janosky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Pediatric Injury ◽  
Fall Height

scholarly journals Kickball and Its Underappreciated Pediatric Injury Burden: An 18-Year Retrospective Epidemiological Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 232596711983589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Pirruccio ◽  
Daniel Weltsch ◽  
Keith D. Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Associated Injuries ◽  
Injury Surveillance System ◽  
Pediatric Injury ◽  
National Estimates ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Injury Burden

Background: Kickball is a popular childhood game most frequently played during gym class or recess at schools throughout the United States (US). Despite this, the national health burden of injuries associated with kickball has never been explored in the US pediatric population. Purpose: To report national estimates and demographic characteristics of pediatric patients presenting to US emergency departments between 2000 and 2017 with kickball-associated injuries. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiology study. Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database (2000-2017) to identify annual cases of injuries associated with playing kickball presenting to US emergency departments in the pediatric population (age ≤18 years). Results: On average, 10,644 (95% CI, 8671-12,618) pediatric kickball-associated injuries presented to US emergency departments each year. There was no significant change in the number of injuries between the years 2000 (n = 10,331; 95% CI, 7781-12,881) and 2017 (n = 9407; 95% CI, 7233-11,582) ( P = .64). Patients frequently sustained sprains, strains, or muscle tears (34.4%; 95% CI, 32.4%-36.5%) and fractures (24.8%; 95% CI, 23.1%-26.5%); these injuries most commonly affected the ankle (13.7%; 95% CI, 12.2%-15.2%) and the fingers of the hand (17.1%; 95% CI, 15.5%-18.7%). The greatest proportion of injuries occurred in male patients (60.7%; 95% CI, 58.7%-62.7%) who were 10 to 12 years of age (44.8%; 95% CI, 43.0%-46.6%), with over half of kickball-associated injuries occurring at school (54.1%; 95% CI, 50.7%-57.5%). Conclusion: Despite kickball’s ubiquity as a schoolyard game, its associated injuries remain largely underappreciated. This is particularly unjustified when considering that the annual pediatric injury burden associated with playing kickball surpasses that of other sports acknowledged as carrying a high injury risk, such as martial arts or tennis.

Language Acculturation and Pediatric Injury Risk

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Schwebel ◽  
Carl M. Brezausek
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Pediatric Injury ◽  
Language Acculturation

scholarly journals Nocturnal Awakenings and Pediatric Injury Risk

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. Schwebel ◽  
C. M. Brezausek
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Pediatric Injury

Corrigendum to “Influence of wet surfaces and fall height on pediatric injury risk in feet-first freefalls as predicted using a test dummy” [Med. Eng. Phys. 27 (2004) 31–39]

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 435-437
Author(s):  
Ernest Deemer ◽  
Gina Bertocci ◽  
Mary Clyde Pierce ◽  
Fernando Aguel ◽  
Janine Janosky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Pediatric Injury ◽  
Fall Height

Clinical Update: Functional Capacity Evaluations—An Update

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 4-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Welch
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Disability Evaluation ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Submaximal Effort ◽  
Lack Of Sleep ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Specific Limitation

Abstract Functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) have become an important component of disability evaluation during the past 10 years to assess an individual's ability to perform the essential or specific functions of a job, both preplacement and during rehabilitation. Evaluating both job performance and physical ability is a complex assessment, and some practitioners are not yet certain that an FCE can achieve these goals. An FCE is useful only if it predicts job performance, and factors that should be assessed include overall performance; consistency of performance across similar areas of the FCE; consistency between observed behaviors during the FCE and limitations or abilities reported by the worker; objective changes (eg, blood pressure and pulse) that are appropriate relative to performance; external factors (illness, lack of sleep, or medication); and a coefficient of variation that can be measured and assessed. FCEs can identify specific movement patterns or weaknesses; measure improvement during rehabilitation; identify a specific limitation that is amenable to accommodation; and identify a worker who appears to be providing a submaximal effort. FCEs are less reliable at predicting injury risk; they cannot tell us much about endurance over a time period longer than the time required for the FCE; and the FCE may measure simple muscular functions when the job requires more complex ones.

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