Prevalence and patterns of foot injuries following motorcycle trauma

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Jeffers, R F ^a   Boon Tan, H ^a   Nicolopoulos, C ^a   Kamath, R ^a   Giannoudis, P V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foot fracture; Injury mechanism; Motorcycle trauma; Patterns; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT INJURY; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METATARSAL BONE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OCCUPATION; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TALUS FRACTURE; TARSOMETATARSAL JOINT; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, CLOSED; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; PELVIC BONES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1242320982     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200402000-00005     Document Type: Article

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