Playing two Wii Fit video games — step and hula — can provide adequate exercise to improve health and physical fitness, reports a study in the The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. These Wii Fit games “can be used…
Day: March 10, 2011
High Mortality Rates Seen in Trauma Patients Several Years After Injury
A study of more than 120,000 adults treated for trauma during a 13-year period found 16% died within 3 years of their injury compared with an expected population mortality rate of about 6%, according to a press release from the…
Many Patients With Severe Cerebral Palsy Have Asymmetric Pelvic Bones
Paul Sponseller Johns Hopkins Children’s Center researchers have discovered that most children with severe cerebral palsy have asymmetric pelvic bones. The newly identified misalignment can affect how surgeries of the pelvis, spine and surrounding structures are performed, the…