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Spinal cord injuries are responsible for about 6,000 deaths in the US each year and 5,000 whiplash injuries per year result in quadriplegia. [ 55 ] After 12 months, only 1 in 5 patients remain symptomatic, only 11.5% of individuals were able to return to work a year after the injury, and only 35.4% were able to get back to work at a similar ...
[16] [2] Whiplash injury, whereby the force causes strain to the capsule and ligaments of the apophyseal joints of the cervical spine. [7] Hyper-flexion is a common mechanism of injury in the cervical spine associated with an anterior compression vector and a posterior distraction vector. [18]
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San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) runs against Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp, bottom, during the first half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1 ...
955.3 Injury to radial nerve; 955.4 Injury to musculocutaneous nerve; 955.5 Injury to cutaneous sensory nerve upper limb; 955.6 Injury to digital nerve upper limb; 955.7 Injury to other specified nerve(s) of shoulder girdle and upper limb; 955.8 Injury to multiple nerves of shoulder girdle and upper limb; 955.9 Injury to unspecified nerve of ...
Close to 1 in 10 people in the U.S., about 32 million people, are Hispanic males; the U.S. Latino population is nearly evenly divided between men and women.
The family of an autistic boy who was slapped by an angry Mercedes driver after the boy touched the luxury vehicle's hood in a shocking viral video was surprised with a brand new car.
Pressure ulcers can trigger other ailments, cause considerable suffering, and can be expensive to treat. Some complications include autonomic dysreflexia, bladder distension, bone infection, pyarthrosis, sepsis, amyloidosis, anemia, urethral fistula, gangrene and very rarely malignant transformation (Marjolin's ulcer – secondary carcinomas in chronic wounds).