Injury
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Traumatic ankle fractures are common injuries. Following injury, patients ask their doctor 'when can I drive doctor?' The ability to safely drive depends on several variables including reaction time, force, range of movement and pain. Return of the braking force is essential for return to driving and to our knowledge has not been addressed previously in the literature. ⋯ In conclusion, the DTS can be used to simulate an emergency stop to assess the motor power and cognitive function (visual reaction time) in case of right ankle fractures as this can give the patient an idea regarding their ability to apply brake force and the return of their visual reaction time. It is a practical assessment tool that could be used in fracture clinic setting. We still reserve our ability to advise patients to return to driving as this could bear significant medicolegal responsibility.
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Previous studies demonstrated the neuroprotective effects of testosterone, but no previous study has examined the neuroprotective effects of testosterone on spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether testosterone could protect the spinal cord from ischemia/reperfusion injury. ⋯ Our results revealed for the first time that testosterone exhibits meaningful neuroprotective activity following ischemia-reperfusion injury of the spinal cord.
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Thermal injuries are followed by a complex immune response, but the relationship between the severity of burn injury and the time exposure to the thermal injury on the extent of the immune response is still not known. ⋯ There is a unique response for each type of injury depending on the temperature of the thermal source and the exposure time.