The Foot
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Ankle and foot injuries are common in professional soccer players, but the relation among diagnosis, severity and time lost from play is not well known. ⋯ Time lost to play can dramatically increase by the presence of severe ankle and foot injuries. Serious ankle and foot injuries in this study resulted in players being out of professional competition for about 2 months.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Audiovisual distraction as an adjunct to pain and anxiety relief during minor surgery.
Minor surgery for ingrown toenails can provoke anxiety and the anaesthetic injection can be acutely painful. Distraction techniques may reduce the associated pain and anxiety. ⋯ Pain of injected anaesthesia correlates closely with pre-operative anxiety. Formal audiovisual distraction has no added benefit over interpersonal interaction in the alleviation of pain and anxiety in patients undergoing nail surgery.