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Introduction to Sports Injury

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 Sports Injury                         By - Dr. Manuj Dhayal It's the time of the year where we used to play many sports competitions and also see our favourite players from their respective sports playing. As we all know due to COVID-19 all sports league was put on hold and as the things are coming back to normal including all the sports come back to action. Leagues like NBA, NFL, IPL, etc. Have resumed their season, and with the resumption we see how players have to live in a closed condition like THE ORLANDO BUBBLE (NBA), so we are able to see how these players are able to keep themselves in best shape and try to prevent injury, which is the toughest part of a player's life. So here are some of the most common injuries which occurs in the game of basketball 🏀 . This is a general classification of the basketball injuries that a baller has to face some time in his/her lifetime.   1. Foot/Ankle Injuries   (RIP KOBE BRYANT 1978-2020) #MAMBAFOREVER #24/8 #2   Injuries to

Rotationplasty - A new hope!

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 Cancer is a disease that has crippled people for centuries. Be it mentally, physically or emotionally. Hearing someone being diagnosed with Cancer is itself more tragic than the disease itself; the whole family is suffers from cancer and its effects. Especially those who have seen neurological cancers; their whole life is centred around that person.  Early diagnosed cancers are a blessing because they can be treated surgically or by drugs, but those that are asymptomatic for a long period of time and then occur suddenly with clinical presentation, are most problematic as people tend to lose the functionality of the part where it occurs, or they either die because of the severity, but a few survive by battling it, and pediatric age group is most important age group where a cancer can mean life and death situation. Pediatric cancers generally occur in bone, blood or CNS. Majority of them occur in form of leukaemia, lymphoma, or Bone marrow pathology, sometimes osteosarcoma may be also s

Artificial Neuronal control

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 Ever wondered what could be the life of people who have their sense of movement and perception, but still can't move? Or what will be their life in these situations? You have your limbs but you cannot use them! What a tragedy! There are millions of people world wide being in such situation where they cannot use their limb(s) even if they want to. These patients come under the category of plegics; where they are unable to move either one or both of their limbs, be it upper or lower; and life is tragic for such people. So an establishment called as NeuroLife came up with a solution. NeuroLife is an establishment developed by Battelle and Ohio State University, that aims to provide a full neuronal control of the limb that has lost its function. UNDERSTANDING BASIC NEUROMUSCULAR PHYSIOLOGY -  We all know how easily the hand raises to give a high five or to punch/slap someone in adverse cases. But the movement of the hand has various activities going on. The receptors at the tip of you