Active clinical trials for "Wounds and Injuries"

The purpose of this external clinical study is to demonstrate the safety and performance of the Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit which will be used in conjunction with the V.A.C.® Ulta™ Therapy Unit, utilizing V.A.C. Veraflo™ Therapy instillation functions.

This is an open, evaluator blinded, intra-comparative, randomized, non-inferiority investigation prior to CE mark to confirm safety and performance of the SWIS device when used as intended, i.e. as an irrigation solution for mechanical rinsing of breached or compromised skin as a result from acute wounds.

Basketball is a team sport where aerobic and anaerobic performance is important. Knowing how to reduce common injuries and risk is important when designing a warm-up exercise program for basketball. Various warm-up programs, including neuromuscular training, are thought to reduce the incidence of lower extremity injuries and improve athletic performance in athletes. There are several neuromuscular training programs designed to improve joint position sense, increase joint stability, develop protective joint reflexes, and ultimately prevent lower extremity injuries. In the literature, there is a need for studies comparing the effects of various warm-up programs applied to adolescent licensed basketball players on injury risks and basketball-specific sportive performance parameters. Therefore, the aim of the study is to examine the effects of different exercise programs on injury risk and sportive performance in adolescent basketball players.

Aim: The study was conducted in order to evaluate of pressure injury prevention care bundle application in intensive care unit patients diagnosed with internal diseases. Background: Although a pressure injury is a problem that requires treatment for a long time and takes time to heal, it is possible to prevent it with appropriate interventions. Evidence for the prevention of pressure injuries suggests using evidence-based guidelines or care bundles. Design: Quasi-experimental and control group study. Methods: The study was conducted on 98 patients, 49 in the control group and 49 in the intervention group, diagnosed with internal diseases and hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a training and research hospital between July-December 2021. In the collection of the study data, patient information form, pressure injury prevention care bundle tool, and Braden Risk Scale were used. While routine clinical care continued to be provided to the patients in the control group, pressure injury prevention care bundle was applied to the patients in the intervention group.

The purpose of this project is to compare the costs, ability to effectively screen and distribute relevant safety information, and assess products purchased and behavior changed by families after meeting with an injury prevention specialist compared to using a computerized emergency department kiosk. There will be a significantly greater reported practice of safety behaviors by families who visit a pediatric emergency department after using a computerized kiosk for injury screening and providing tailored recommendations than when the prevention information is provided by an injury prevention specialist.

There is a large number of young women who sustain serious knee injuries from playing soccer. Female athletes are at high risk of knee injuries from soccer than males. We will conduct a research project to assess the effect of a warm-up on changing some of the movement patterns thought to contribute to these serious knee injuries. It is hypothesized that a core position and control movement strategy (Core-PAC) group reduce biomechanical risk factors at the knee compared to a control after the training program.

This study looks at advanced airway management in critically ill or injured patients treated by physician manned emergency medical services, comparing early (on-scene) intubation to late (emergency department) intubation.

The poster is effective in improving the level of knowledge regarding dental trauma of primary and secondary schools teachers in Hong Kong. A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted in mid May 2011,to test the level of knowledge regarding dental trauma with two groups, the intervention group with posters and control group without posters. A questionnaire is used to test the level of knowledge.

The release of tourniquet produces reactive oxygen species which can cause injury. Propofol is chemically similar to phenol-based free radical scavengers. Plasma total antioxidant capacity is a well-established marker of the overall protective effect of antioxidants in body fluids.The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of propofol on ischemia-reperfusion injury in total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Trauma patients are at a high risk of developing blood clots in the legs (deep vein thrombosis - DVT), which can travel to the lungs and cause serious health consequences. Often, these patients cannot receive blood-thinning medication to prevent these blood clots because of the risk of bleeding; in this case, they are usually given intermittent pneumatic compression devices (IPCs) to prevent blood clots. IPCs are inflatable sleeves that fit over the legs and periodically inflate and deflate, helping to pump blood out of the legs and thus reduce the risk of blood clot formation. Several studies suggest that IPCs are working properly on the patient only 60-70% of the time. Some patients also find them uncomfortable. A new device (geko) that works by stimulating the leg muscles and increasing blood flow in the legs has recently been developed. To compare the geko with IPCs, this study will randomly assign trauma patients who cannot receive blood thinners for blood clot prevention to either IPCs or geko. The main goal is to determine the feasibility of doing a larger study which would compare the efficacy of these devices in preventing blood clots. The amount of time the devices are properly used on the patients, comfort and tolerability, development of blood clots, and blood flow in the leg veins and arteries will also be measured and compared between the devices.