sprains over a period of 2 competitive seasons. The authors asserted that the figure-eight taping method in combination with a high support trainer would produce an injury occurrence of 6.5 every 1‚000 games. Players that were not taped produced 30.4 injury occurrences per 1000 games and when taped with the low support yielded 17.6 injuries per 1‚000 games. The authors determined that taping confines the occurrence of ankle sprain and that the use of high-top or low-top shoes also play a role. Subsequent
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The ankle is one of the most common joints to be injured in an individual‚ especially those who engage in activities that require a lot of pressure around the lower extremity of the body‚ such as football‚ soccer‚ tennis or athletics. Most ankle injuries‚ such as sprains‚ respond more favorably to treatments that are non-surgical‚ such as those given by doctors of Chiropractic and physiotherapists. There have been a number of `journal articles‚ case study reports and clinical trials‚ that have attempted
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reality is objective‚ “out there‚” and independent of the researcher -- therefore reality is something that can be studied objectively; • the researcher should remain distant and independent of what is being researched; • the values of the researcher do not interfere with‚ or become part of‚ the research -- research is value-free; • research is based primarily on deductive forms of logic and theories and hypotheses are tested in a cause-effect order; and • the goal is to develop generalizations
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Burn injury is among the most weakening traumas to humans. The rate of burns in the United States of America is estimated to be over 2 million cases per year‚ with 3‚400 deaths per year and about 250000 people are burnt each year in the United Kingdom. Of these‚ almost 112000 attend an accident and emergency department and about 210 die of their injuries. According to the World Health Organization‚ it is estimated that about 300‚000 dies worldwide each year due to burns. Burn injury causes
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are one of the leading causes of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)‚ an especially dangerous condition which can have serious long-term consequences. While the results of a TBI‚ including memory problems‚ slurred speech‚ and cognitive impairment‚ sometimes go away after a few days‚ they can also cause life-long disability. If you or someone you love in the Winston-Salem area has suffered a brain injury due to another driver’s negligence‚ the personal injury attorneys at Nagle & Associates‚ PA will help
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prime example of the psychosocial development of fatal injured children in their childhood. Many who survive a serious injury are left with disabilities‚ at times with life-long personal and social consequences. The main cause of childhood injuries are from road traffic‚ drowning‚ burns‚ falls‚ or poisoning injuries. Erikson’s psychosocial stages describe common childhood injury in regard to the
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My Responsibility to America Responsibility: the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or having control of someone. Many Americans today enjoy a variety of freedoms given to them by their country. Most people do not think what it took to allow them to have the freedom they enjoy today. So many people take for granted that they have the ability to do or become whatever they desire. In America‚ there are no restrictions on what you can do. You are born in a country that gives you
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How You Can Prevent Knee ACL Injuries Over 200‚000 people sustain anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries every year‚ and ACL reconstructions are some of the most common procedures implemented in the United States. More young individuals than ever are afflicted with such injuries‚ and young athletes who suffer from ACL injuries may experience fear‚ perceived alienation from their fellow athletes‚ depression‚ and even lower grades. Worse than the more immediate results are the potential long-term
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All head injuries are potentially serious because they can damage the brain and make someone lose responsiveness. The severity of a head injury depends on how someone hit their head and how hard the impact was. A head injury may cause damage to the brain tissue or to blood vessels inside the skull‚ or even break the skull (a skull fracture). Clear fluid or watery blood leaking from the ear or nose‚ and a deteriorating level of response‚ are some of the signs of serious injury. The severity of a
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