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L Abernethy

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PubMed2003

Impact of school sports injury.

BACKGROUND: Most injuries in school occur during sport. OBJECTIVES: To explore the impact of sports injury in supervised school sport. METHOD: A prospective study of sports injury in children of secondary school age presenting to the accident and emergency department. Each patient was identified on registration, matched with medical records after discharge, and contacted later by telephone to complete a structured interview. Patients were only included if their injury was sustained during supervised school sport. RESULTS: During the study period, 194 patients aged 11-18 attended the accident and emergency department with an injury, 51% of which occurred during school sport. Injuries occurred most commonly in rugby (43%), followed by physical education and games together (17.5%). Most injuries were x rayed (72%). Just over 12% of pupils lost no time from sport, most (71%) were back to sport within three weeks, and 2.7% were injured for more than eight weeks. Almost a third of parents needed to take time off from work to deal with the injured child. CONCLUSION: School sports injuries are important. They account for just over half of all injuries in secondary school children. They cause significant disruption to school and sport and have important implications for the wider family.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Immediate care of school sport injury.

School sport is a major cause of injury in the post-primary age group. The importance of primary prevention in sport has been identified; however secondary prevention of school related sport injury has not been described in Ireland. A random sample of 450 schools in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was studied using a postal questionnaire. Current management of sport injury, with particular interest in the expertise and training of teachers and coaches, was explored. Replies were received from 333 (74%) schools. There was no physical education teacher with up to date first aid training in 37% schools. Immediate care in terms of mechanisms and equipment to deal with injury was available in 35%-81% of schools responding. Correct response ranged from 65%-90% to four scenarios: commonly presenting yet potentially serious management problems. This study demonstrated deficiencies in sport injury care. In addition to concern about current training, a need for basic life support training is highlighted. These findings have implications for the prevention of school sports injuries.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

Sports medicine and the accident and emergency medicine specialist.

BACKGROUND: Sport and exercise related injuries are responsible for about 5% of the workload in the accident and emergency (A&E) department, yet training in sports medicine is not a compulsory part of the curriculum for Higher Specialist Training. AIM: To determine how A&E medicine consultants and specialist trainees view their role and skill requirements in relation to sports medicine. METHOD: A modified Delphi study, consisting of two rounds of a postal questionnaire. Participants were invited to rate the importance of statements relating to the role and training of the A&E specialist in relation to sports injuries (six statements) and the need for knowledge and understanding of defined skills of importance in sports medicine (16 statements). VALUE OF RESEARCH: This provides a consensus of opinion on issues in sport and exercise medicine that have educational implications for A&E specialists, and should be considered in the curriculum for Higher Specialist Training. There is also the potential for improving the health care provision of A&E departments, to the exercising and sporting population.

Athletic Injuries↗
PubMed2001

Validation of electrode placement in neonatal electrogastrography.

Electrogastrography (EGG) is the transcutaneous measurement of gastric electrical activity. The aims of this study were to validate the electrode placement position in neonatal electrogastrography using ultrasonography to localise the stomach, and to describe the observed EGG frequency characteristics. Fifteen neonates with no known abdominal disorder were studied. Two bipolar EGG recordings were obtained from each subject, the first from electrodes placed at sites localized by ultrasound and the second from electrodes placed at the currently recommended sites. Paired sample t tests were used to compare electrode positioning and electrogastrographic data. There were 15 subjects with a mean age of 36 days (range 1-95). While there was a significant difference in the position of electrodes at each site, the EGG recordings did not differ. The 3-cycle/minute (2.6-3.7cpm) activity ranged from 30% to 84% of recorded time (mean at sites localized with ultrasound was 53%, and at currently recommended sites it was 50%; difference not significant, P = 0.155). Bradygastria (<2.6 cpm) was observed in the range of 2-29% of recorded time (mean at sites localised with ultrasound was 12.9%, and at currently recommended sites it was 11.7%; difference not significant, P = 0.40). Tachygastria (3.2-10 cpm) was shown to be in the range of 10-58% of recorded time (mean at sites localized with ultrasound was 33.3%, and at currently recommended sites it was 38.7%; difference not significant; P = 0.044). In conclusion, there was no significant difference between EGG recordings taken from electrode sites localized by ultrasound and those recommended by manufacturers of the electrogastrogram, thus confirming the validity of the manufacturer's recommended electrode positioning. The pattern of electrical control activity in the normal neonatal stomach appears to be different from that demonstrated in adults. Bradygastria and tachygastria are seen more frequently, with fewer periods of 3 cpm activity.

Electrodiagnosis↗
PubMed1998

Torsion of an ovarian cyst mimicking enteric duplication cyst on transabdominal ultrasound: two cases.

We describe two girls with abdominal cysts which demonstrated the "double wall" or "muscular rim" sign. On the basis of this, the diagnosis of duplication cyst was made in each case. At surgery, both were found to have ovarian cysts, and histology revealed prominent haemorrhage within the cyst wall. To our knowledge, there has been no previous report of a false-positive "double wall sign".

Adolescent↗
PubMed1997

Myositis ossificans complicating severe Guillain-Barré syndrome.

We report myositis ossificans occurring in a 13-year-old boy with severe and rapidly progressive Guillain-Barré syndrome. This complication should be considered when severe musculoskeletal pain is experienced by such patients. Disodium etidronate may be of benefit in this condition.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1996

Downgaze paresis following severe head trauma in a child.

A 4 1/2-year-old girl developed a downgaze paresis following severe head trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging showed evidence of peri-aqueductal lesions in the rostral midbrain in the region of the rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF). Twenty five weeks following the injury, the downgaze paresis remained unchanged but she developed convergence retraction nystagmus on attempted upgaze. Repeat imaging did not show any change in the lesions in the rostral midbrain. This report provides further evidence for the riMLF in the control of downgaze, and a synkinesis is postulated for the development of the convergence retraction nystagmus.

Child, Preschool↗