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injury

Also known as trauma, injuries, physical trauma, traumatic injury, injured, wounds and injuries

physiological wound caused by an external source

AI overview

An injury is physical damage to the body caused by something outside of it, like a fall, impact, or cut. Understanding injuries matters because they're common events that can range from minor to severe, and knowing how to recognize and respond to them properly can help prevent serious complications.

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Research

2,015,688 papers

Alcohol and the Risk of Injury.ReviewNutrients · 2021Chikritzhs T, Livingston MDOI: 10.3390/nu13082777
[Tracheobronchial Injury].Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery · 2022Kitami A
Imaging of musculoskeletal injury: timing estimation and medico-legal issues.ReviewLa Radiologia medica · 2025Albano GD, Argo A, Zerbo S et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11547-025-01990-4
Injury to skeletal muscle fibers during contractions: conditions of occurrence and prevention.ReviewPhysical therapy · 1993Faulkner JA, Brooks SV, Opiteck JADOI: 10.1093/ptj/73.12.911
Childhood injury: significance and prevention strategies.ReviewJournal of pediatric nursing · 1996Crawley TDOI: 10.1016/S0882-5963(96)80095-9
Ankle injury mechanisms: lessons learned from cadaveric studies.ReviewClinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2011Funk JRDOI: 10.1002/ca.21112
Nerve injury in traumatic dislocation of the hip.ReviewClinical orthopaedics and related research · 2000Cornwall R, Radomisli TEDOI: 10.1097/00003086-200008000-00012
Epidemiology of paediatric injury.ReviewJournal of accident & emergency medicine · 1994Mazurek AJDOI: 10.1136/emj.11.1.9

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Encyclopedic overview

An injury is any physiological damage to living tissue caused by immediate physical stress. Injuries to humans can occur intentionally or unintentionally and may be caused by blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, burning, toxic exposure, asphyxiation, or overexertion. Injuries can occur in any part of the body, and different symptoms are associated with different injuries.

Treatment of a major injury is typically carried out by a health professional and varies greatly depending on the nature of the injury. Traffic collisions are the most common cause of accidental injury and injury-related death among humans. Injuries are distinct from chronic conditions, psychological trauma, infections, or medical procedures, though injury can be a contributing factor to any of these.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “injury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.