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Leg injury

Leg injury: Introduction

Any injury involving the leg. The leg can suffer an injury to any of its components such as the thigh, knee, ankle, lower leg or foot. Leg injuries can be minor (such as a blister caused by ill-fitting shoes) or major (such as deep lacerations caused in a motor vehicle accident).

Symptoms of Leg injury

• Leg wound
• Leg pain
• Leg swelling
• Leg discolouration
• Decreased mobility
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 6 symptoms of Leg injury

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Disease Topics Related To Leg injury

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Leg injury:

• Blisters
• Foot fractures
• Stress fractures
• Plantar fasciitis
• Ankle sprains
• Callus
• more related diseases...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Leg injury

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Leg injury?

• Misdiagnosis of Leg injury
• Hidden causes of Leg injury (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Leg injury: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Leg injury:

• Pain
• Arthritis & Pain
• Injury & Recovery
• Leg Care & Injury
• Knee Care & Injury
• Sleeping & Insomnia
• more product offers...»

Leg injury: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Fibromyalgia -- Undiagnosed
  • Arthritis -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Leg injury

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Leg injury: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
  • Rheumatology (Joint Health)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
• more specialists...»

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Causes of Leg injury

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News Archives for Leg injury

Medical news articles related to Leg injury include:

• Minor Leg Injuries Might Boost Blood Clot Risk
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Leg injury

Medical research articles related to Leg injury include:

• Low molecular weight heparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients with lower-leg immobilization
• Neuromuscular training and the risk of leg injuries in female floorball players: cluster randomised controlled study.
• Suspected PE
• Ulcer Stasis
• Medial Gastrocnemius Strain (Diagnosis)
• Head Trauma (Follow-up)
• Use of the low-molecular-weight heparin reviparin to prevent deep-vein thrombosis after leg injury requiring immobilization.
• Care of People with Chronic Leg Ulcers
• more research...»

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Videos for Leg injury

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Patient Surveys for Leg injury

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Reseach about Leg injury

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Clinical Trials for Leg injury

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Leg injury include:

• Vacuum Suspension: Effects on Tissue Oxygenation, Activity and Fit - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Prosthetic Components and Stability in Amputee Gait - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Light Therapy in the Treatment of Leg Pain - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Effects of Exercise on Markers of Inflammation in Skeletal Muscle in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Image Guided System for Orthopaedic Surgery - This study has been terminated (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 53 Clinical Trials for Leg injury

Statistics for Leg injury

• Medical statistics for Leg injury
• Death and Mortality statistics for Leg injury
• Society statistics for Leg injury

Leg injury: Broader Related Topics

• Leg conditions
• more types...»

Types of Leg injury

Types of Leg injury

• Thigh injury
• Knee injury
• Ankle injury
• Lower leg injury
• Foot injury
• more types...»

Read more about Types of Leg injury

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