Background/Objectives: Equestrian activities can result in spine injuries. Most studies are from single centers, and none use a national database. It was the purpose of this study to describe the demographics, injury mechanisms, and types of equestrian-associated spinal injuries using a US national ED database. Methods: The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database was queried for equestrian-related spine injuries from 2000–2023. ED disposition was categorized as discharged or not discharged. Statist…

Background Sexual assault often increases during crises, yet trends in United States (US) emergency department (ED) visits for sexual assault during COVID-19 remain unclear. Objective To examine demographic, incident and injury trends in US sexual assault presentations during early and late COVID-19 compared with pre-COVID-19. Methods This study analysed National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Programme (2014–2021) retrospective data. ED visits for assault (n=246 499) and sexual assault (n=22 752…

Background: Fractures often occur due to equestrian activities with injury patterns varying by age. The purpose of this study was to investigate in detail fracture patterns and associated demographics in children due to equine activities. Materials: The US National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was queried for all injuries with the consumer product code 1239 (horseback riding) from 2000 to 2023. Those <16 years old with fractures were extracted. Statistical analyses were performed with SUDAAN 11.0.01™ s…

1Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA R. T. Loder, Orthopaedics, 705 Riley Hospital Drive, Phase 1, Suite 1100, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA, Email: [email protected] (RE: O’Connor MI. Equity360: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: Sex and Fairness in Sports. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2023;481:1080-1083. The author certifies that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, et…

This report is a case of a healed proximal intertrochanteric femur fracture nonunion in an ancient Nubian adult female, approximately 58 years old at the time of death, from the Tombos archaeological site in present day northern Sudan. Tombos was founded as an Egyptian colonial town during the New Kingdom Period (14001070 BC). The individual was radiocarbon dated to 1114-910 BC and also exhibited healed fractures of the left proximal humerus and ribs. There was shortening and mild atrophy of the right femur compar…