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    2000’s‚ cheerleading was considered one of the most dangerous school activities. The main source of injuries come from stunting...injuries can be as serious as whiplash‚ broken necks‚ broken vertebra‚ and death” (Wikipedia contributors). “There were two fatal injuries‚ 13 that led to paralysis and 29 very serious head or spinal injuries without paralysis” (Hughes) . II: prevention: “Most injuries occur due to lack of training” (Hughes). Only 3% of the 2.9 million female high school athletics in

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    Iw Injury

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    DOI: 8/15/2013. Patient is a 58-year-old female cleaner who sustained injury while she was cleaning and mopping the bathroom when she fell and hit her head/back. Per OMNI‚ she was diagnosed with cervical and lumbar radiculopathy‚ cervical herniations at C5-7‚ and lumbar herniation at L3-4. She underwent an anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion at C5-6 and C6-7 on 04/03/14 and lumbar laminectomy at L4-5 on 09/10/15. Based on the medical report dated 01/19/16 by Dr. Haftel‚ the IW presents with

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    Medical Term

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    because of injury or disease to certain areas of the brain Arachnoid membrane-weblike middle layer of the three membranous layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord Ataxia-without muscular coordination Autonomic nervous system-part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary vital functions of the body Axon-part of the nerve cell that transports nerve impulses away from the nerve cell body Bradykinesia-abnormally slow movement Cauda equine-lower end of the spinal cord and the roots

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    Traumatic Brain Injury

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    Definition Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a nondegenerative‚ noncongenital insult to the brain from an external mechanical force‚ possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive‚ physical‚ and psychosocial functions‚ with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. The definition of TBI has not been consistent and tends to vary according to specialties and circumstances. Often‚ the term brain injury is used synonymously with head injury‚ which may not be associated

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    of high priced cable companies people have found ways to stream the majority of shows that are televised for lower prices. Those people would be called cord-cutters. There are three different types of cord-cutters but all have convenience and interest in common; they see what they want when they want. In many ways my friends and I are frugal cord-cutters. My best friend Beckah Jones has Hulu‚ she has Netflix as well. Not only do I have access to the account‚ two of my other friends do as well. I

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    Define Nursing Theory

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    Theory Research Paper Liberty University Online Theory Research Paper Define Theory. Theory can be defined as “a set of concepts linked through propositions to provide an explanation of a phenomenon” (Schmidt & Brown‚ 2012‚ p. 124). A nursing theory is a set of concepts‚ definitions‚ relationships‚ and assumptions or propositions derived from nursing models or from other disciplines and project a purposive‚ systematic view of phenomena by designing specific inter-relationships among concepts

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    Tennis Injurys

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    It is a common occurrence for tennis players to develop aches and pains‚ a good number of them blame the hard surface of the tennis courts. However‚ the cause of the aches and pains in the lower back‚ knee and groin have been attributed to misaligned hips. With Online Tennis Lines‚ tennis is a fun game to bet on. Let us refresh our anatomy knowledge‚ shall we? The hips are the ones that connect the upper body and the lower body. They also provide stability‚ strength and flexibility to the upper

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    Accident Analysis and Prevention 32 (2000) 167 – 175 www.elsevier.com/locate/aap Neck injuries in car collisions — a review covering a possible injury mechanism and the development of a new rear-impact dummy Mats Y. Svensson a‚*‚ Ola Bostrom b‚ Johan Davidsson a‚ Hans-Arne Hansson c‚ ¨ b Yngve Haland ‚ Per Lovsund a‚ Anders Suneson d‚ Anette Saljo c ˚ ¨ ¨ ¨ Crash Safety Di6ision‚ Chalmers Uni6ersity of Technology‚ SE-412 96 Goteborg‚ Sweden ¨ b Autoli6‚ Research‚ SE-447 83 Vargarda‚ Sweden ˚

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    Sports Related Injuries

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    sports have benefits like exercise‚ perseverance‚ school spirit‚ and fun; however‚ injuries can occur‚ costs to run the program‚ and grades can suffer. Injuries can be a large concern for schools that have sports programs. Approximately “more than 3.5 million kids 14 and younger get hurt from sports each year” according to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Stanford‚ California. Examples of school sports related injuries include

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    Management of Head Injury

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    INTRODUCTION Head injury is including injury of scalp‚ skull and also the brain. Approximately statistic in Malaysia from year 2009 to 2010 that more than 6‚000 people accidental death sustain with a head injury. According to Deputy Minister of transport Malaysia ‚ Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said most of the cause of death among the passengers and pillion riders is head injury (56.5%) ‚ brain injury (38.1%)‚ head and brain injury (34%) and head fracture (27.9%) .(nuffnang.blogspot). This scenario should

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