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Activities for Supporting Work Ability of Ageing Workers
Published in Joanna Bugajska, Teresa Makowiec-Dąbrowska, Tomasz Kostka, Individual and Occupational Determinants, 2020
Regular PA in old age is widely recommended as an effective way to prevent chronic diseases and to maintain well-being. The view that PA has a beneficial effect on the health status, functional performance and seniors’ quality of life is widely accepted. PA plays an important role in the prevention and management of a number of conditions such as CHD, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, some types of cancer or mental health disorders. Older people generally undertake lower-intensity activities (gardening, walking, golf, low-intensity exercises) than younger people (undertaking running or high-intensity exercises). On the other hand, increased participation in sport has been consistently observed among the older subject. Participation in sports carries the risk of falls and injuries. In older people, the risk of injury is greater due to age-related pathophysiological changes and concomitant chronic conditions. Available data indicate an increasing number of injuries among the elderly, which is associated with both ageing of the population and an increasing number of older people practicing sports and physical exercises. An appropriate identification of risk factors for injury and education of older people can reduce the incidence of injuries. Injury prevention strategies include using helmets and protective equipment, warming up and a properly designed training program. The health benefits of participation in regular PA adjusted to health status and physical functioning outweigh hazards of sport-related injuries, even in advanced age.
First Aid and Ambulance Work
Published in Debi Prasad Tripathy, Mine Safety Science and Engineering, 2019
The symptoms of fracture are bleeding, swelling, bruising, and tenderness around the injurysevere paindeformitydifficulty in movement
The characteristics of dockless electric rental scooter-related injuries in a large U.S. city
Published in Traffic Injury Prevention, 2020
Kelsey C. English, Justin R. Allen, Kevin Rix, David F. Zane, Christopher M. Ziebell, Carlos V. R. Brown, Lawrence H. Brown
Figure 1 shows the distribution of injuries. (Detailed injury data are shown in Appendix A-4.) Nearly half of the patients (48.0%) sustained multiple injuries involving more than one body part. Upper extremity injuries (56.1% of patients), head and face injuries (45.5% of patients), and lower extremity injuries (34.2% of patients) were most common. Lacerations, abrasions and contusions were the most frequent type of injury (N = 162 individual injuries), followed by fractures, sprains and strains (N = 84 injuries). Penetrating injuries (N = 3) and internal organ injuries (N = 2) were rare.
Evolution of different designs and wear studies in total hip prosthesis using finite element analysis: A review
Published in Cogent Engineering, 2022
Chethan K N, Shyamasunder Bhat N, Mohammad Zuber, Satish Shenoy B
Hip fracture due to fall in elderly can cause hip fracture resulting in severe pain and inability to bear weight and walk. In elderly patients, a sudden fall may cause hip pain either by soft tissue damage or undisplaced sub-capital hip fractures. Radiographs and CT scans are used to diagnose this type of injury. Occasionally it is reported that the patients can continue to walk with an impacted fractured hip for days before diagnosis.
Pediatric and adolescent injury in rodeo
Published in Research in Sports Medicine, 2018
Jason W. Stoneback, Anastasiya A. Trizno, Jay C. Albright
In summary, the main injury prevention recommendations from the reviewed literature included education of safe dismounting techniques, the use of protective gear (helmets and vests), selective padding of chutes, gates or equipment, and matching animal performance level with the athlete.