(n.) The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors report an ocular luxation of a four-year-old girl after a bicycle accident.
(2) In the first part of this paper the authors reported on the treatment of 938 bimalleolar luxation fractures.
(3) We report on our experiences with the application of cast immobilisation in the human position according to Fettweis in order to treat unstable luxations of the hip joint of infants.
(4) Subluxation and luxation of the ulnar nerve are normally congenital and can result in not only an irritation of the nerve but also sensory loss and motor weakness.
(5) The authors stressed that ophthalmologists should not only look for luxation of the lens in children who are suspected of having CMC syndrome.
(6) Modification of the articular relationships in the lateral femoro-tibial compartment reduces the sub-luxation and, post-operatively a lateral femoro-tibial interspace, which has not deteriorated in time, reappear.
(7) More favourable results were achieved in fractures with two or three fragments, in younger patients and in isolated shoulder injuries than with four-fragment fractures or luxated fractures, in older and in polytraumatized patients.
(8) Spanking, in the last case, was the cause of an important luxation of T12-L1, at first with a complete paraplegia, and was associated with the fact that the child was only seen a few days after by a doctor and immediately referred.
(9) Operations of this type have been performed in cases of traumatic cataract, subluxated and luxated lenses.
(10) The example of the untreated peri-lunar luxation and subsequent lunar necrosis illustrates the legally effective problematic nature of two causes.
(11) We also found talonecrosis after surgical correction of clubfoot, after Sudeck's disease (Sudeck-Leriche syndrome, Sudeck's atrophy or dystrophy), suppurative arthritis of the ankle joint, subtalar luxation and haematogenic osteomyelitis.
(12) 48 Gynecological Pediatric Hospital of the IMSS National Medical Center, looking for external congenital malformations including esophageal atresias, anorectal malformations and congenital hip luxations, all easily detected during a routine exploration.
(13) It therefore appears that the general factors that are able to predict the type of healing seen after root fracture are the same as those after luxation injuries, supporting the hypothesis that root fractures are another form of luxation injury, this time of only the coronal fragment.
(14) In fracture or luxation of small joints immediate reposition by careful traction and splint-fixation in neutral position ist most important.
(15) In childhood only luxations occured, in other ages no characteristic distribution of different types of damage could be found.
(16) Radiological studies demonstrated increased sclerosis of the orbital bones and decreased orbital volumes, the probable cause of the luxation and the glaucoma.
(17) The 108 cases where peritendinitis has occurred following shoulder luxations are shown divided up according to various symptoms.
(18) The luxation of the arytenoid cartilage is a very uncommon complication of endotracheal intubation.
(19) The ends of the fragments after open reposition and reduction of the proximal fragment could be fixed durably by functional stable compression osteosynthesis in 35 patients with fractures and luxation or dislocation.
(20) Corneal contusion, McCannel suture, YAG laser iridectomy, congenital luxation of the lens, and chronic over wearing of contact lenses all cause traumatic changes.
Sprain
Definition:
(v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.
(n.) The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
Example Sentences:
(1) After the diagnosis of a soft-tissue injury (sprain, strain, or contusion) has been made, treatment must include an initial 24- to 48-hour period of RICE.
(2) The distinction between a benign and a severe ligamentous sprain may thus be made.
(3) Arthrography was assessed in 61 cases of recurrent lateral sprains of the ankle more than 2 weeks after acute injury; 38 were considered as positive.
(4) Medial collateral sprains are produced primarily by external rotation and valgus forces.
(5) Thus, prevention of ankle sprains may be by modification of any of these factors.
(6) Rest, ice therapy, compression, and elevation (RICE) are important components of the initial management of acute soft-tissue injuries such as contusions, strains, and sprains.
(7) This lesion is usually associated with ankle trauma, such as lateral ankle sprains, ruptures of the fibular collateral ligaments, and transchondral fractures of the talar dome.
(8) We conclude that the use of weighted radiographs lacks efficacy in unmasking grade 3 AC sprains on radiograph and we recommend that routine use of this technique be abandoned.
(9) In general, sprains and strains account for 40% of injuries, contusions 25%, fractures 10%, concussions 5% and dislocations 15%.
(10) The purpose of this study was to investigate postural responses of healthy subjects and patients with recent ankle sprains following a perturbation that created sway in the frontal plane.
(11) Most injuries were contusions (35.9%), followed by strains or sprains (28.2%), epistaxis (12.8%), lacerations (5.1%), and one finger fracture (2.6%), the most significant injury.
(12) In conclusion, diclofenac potassium has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of acute ankle sprains and it had a rapid onset of action and good tolerability.
(13) The purpose of the study was to determine the long-term healing potential of nonoperatively treated isolated sprains of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the knee joint.
(14) The most common injury types were lacerations (33%), contusions and abrasions (22%), sprains (16%), and fractures (13%).
(15) In thermographic control studies of temperature profiles legs of 93 patients with a sprained ankle temperature phenomenon was observed, which super-imposes the hyperthermia due to inactivity.
(16) While the morbidity (fractures, strains, sprains, and occasionally more severe injuries) associated with skiing is well recognized and considered by most physicians concerned to be distributed somewhat unevenly within the various skills of skiing, the authors have identified an exceedingly low mortality among the same population.
(17) The "pronation worm", a method of early functional active conservative treatment for sprained ankle, is presented.
(18) These studies suggest that positioning the ankle in dorsiflexion instead of neutral or plantar flexion may have advantages in promoting a stable ankle if immobilization is chosen for treating a grade III sprain.
(19) The treatment of serious sprains and chronic laxity of the knee calls for a knowledge of the mechanical properties of the stabilizing structures.
(20) Girls had more sprains (P less than 0.001) but fewer contusions and wounds (P less than 0.001).