The Volvo's nearly endless safety roster includes front seats that protect against whiplash injuries; side-impact air bags with separate sections for the chest and hips, with inflation pressures tailored for each body part; bumpers designed for compatibility with lower-riding vehicles; and a body engineered to minimize injuries to pedestrians.
Patient data were recorded on a checklist that detailed age, sex, hand dominance, mechanism of injury, side, and type and location of the forearm fracture.
Neurochemical markers calcitonin gene-related peptide, substance P were decreased in medullary dorsal horn ipsilateral to the injury side, whereas substance P receptor NK1 expression was increased after 8 days.
Even if the ansa cervicalis on the RLN injury side is not available due to the primary surgery, contralateral ansa cervicalis can be used for nerve transfer (unpublished data).
Demographic data were collected for all patients including age, sex, tobacco use, presence or absence of diabetes, injury side, time to surgery, operation time, and follow-up duration.
Although there were reportedly six mechanisms of lightning injuries (direct strike, contact injury, side flash, ground current, upward streamer and blast injury) this study only established two types of mechanisms - direct strike and contact injury - amongst our patients.
MK was shown to be expressed in ventral horn motor neurons on the ipsilateral injury side in the acute phase, and also in sciatic nerve axons (Sakakima et al., 2004a).
Lukaku, making his first appearance following a month-long absence with an ankle injury, side-footed home Leighton Baines's cross in the last 10 minutes.
Side-curtain air bags, which help to prevent head injuries in side crashes, are not available.
McLeish pointed to the number of injuries his side have suffered this season as a reason for their plight.
Hines suffered two major injuries either side of making his Scotland debut against New Zealand, keeping him out of rugby for 18 months.
