Fish (specifically sturgeon) leaping into the air and colliding with young human boaters are biggest stars in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams — with dramatic readings by Nicole Sharp — tells about: Injuries from leaping sturgeon— “Sturgeons Versus Surgeons: Leaping Fish Injuries at a Level 1 Trauma Center,” Jason P. […]
Tag: injuries
Behavior that leads to treadmill injuries
Here are some legal looks at behavior that leads to treadmill injuries: “Treadmill injuries: An analysis of case law,” JoAnn M.Eickhoff-Shemek [pictured here], ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal 14, no. 1 (2010): 39-41. Here are some visual looks at behavior that leads to treadmill injuries:
Bullfighting Injuries: Gore to the groin
Bullfighting injuries to humans tend to cluster in certain places, explains this survey: “Matador Versus Taurus: Bull Gore Injury,” Mark Sheldon Lloyd, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 86, 2004, pp. 3–5. (Thanks to James Harkin for bringing this to our attention.) The author [pictured here], at Queen Victoria Hospital, East […]
Kiwis and the sensible quest against toppling
Richard Lehman writes (in his journal reviews column, in BMJ), about a standout article about standing up for standing up, in The Lancet: I do wish the world was run by New Zealanders. Unassumingly tough, kind and sensible, uninterested in adopting other people’s bad habits and neuroses, they are just wonderful at getting on with life. […]
Robots and humans interact – part 1 of 3
Improbable takes a look at the RO-MAN Workshop 2012 – the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, which was held September 9-13, Paris, France. Part 1 : Avoiding a poke in the eye NOTE: No students were harmed during this experiment – conducted at the Academy for Safety Intelligence, Nagoya University, […]
Which Kinds of Products Produce Which Kinds of Genitourinary injuries When
The data in this study indicate that, on a gross society basis, male parts are more often injured by products than are female parts, and that sporting goods are often involved, though more often for younger males than older ones, and that, sporting good aside, zippers are often implicated. “Product Related Adult Genitourinary Injuries Treated […]
Liverpudlian Valentine’s Day Disco Debacle
Liverpool’s great Valentine Disco Debacle happened in 2008, and is commemorated in a medical journal report: “The University Rollerdisco: An unusual cause of a major incident,” A.J. Highcock, K. Rourke and D. Brown, Injury Extra, volume 39, issue 12, December 2008, Pages 386–388. “Rollerdisco’s are associated with a high incidence of injury, as is binge […]
Validating Pitcher Injury Theory
A new discovery regarding injuries to baseball pitchers’ elbows can be described, in round terms, as – the faster the pitch, the more likely the injury. Brandon (Brad) Bushnell M.D. (pictured) and colleagues at the Harbin Clinic Orthop(a)edics and Sports Medicine, Rome, GA. explain the background: “To our knowledge, no study has directly evaluated the […]
Score-Celebration Injuries
“Exaggerated celebrations after making a goal, such as sliding, piling up, and tackling a teammate when racing away, can result in serious injury.” Bülent Zeren, MD from the Center for Orthopaedics and Sports Traumatology, Karsiyaka, Izmir, Turkey, and Haluk H. Öztekin, MD at the Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, […]
Shopping Bag Injuries
“Digital Artery Occlusion Secondary to Plastic Shopping Bag Trauma,” R. Joy, J.L. Isaacs and R.J. McCarthy, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 89, no. 6, 2007, pp. W11–3 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/147870807X227755). (Thanks to Adrian Smith for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at Torbay Hospital, Torquay, U.K., report: “Upper limb digital arterial […]