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newsKeeping People Mobile December 2010
Joint Action
FACT: Tra�c accidents cause 360,000 injuries each year in the UK
FACT: According to the World Health Organisation, by the end of 2010, 25% of worldwide healthcare expenditure will be on trauma care
Joint Action Prize Tile Puzzle
1st Prize - Cash Prize2nd Prize - History of the British Orthopaedic Association book, signed by its president
3rd Prize - DIY Model Skeleton
Drinking and driving can lead to road tra�c accidents that can cause major limb trauma.
S E A
T O D A O N E
L L T I N A N S G G S R E E S O N
Unscramble the tiles to reveal a seasonal message
To enter the competition, tick the appropriate box on the donation form and enclose your
entry fee of £2 (please do not send cash), in addition to your ‘other’ general donation for
Trauma & Orthopaedic research.
Winner of the Joint Action Prize Cryptogram (Oct 2010): Barney Newman from Chester�eld
Runners Up: A Power, Chester ~ H Wilde, Hounslow ~ P Frodsham, Didcot ~ A Dallibar, Crawley ~ R Disney, Mill Hill ~ E Court, Bridgwater ~ M Cocker, Gravesend ~ B Barnard, Felixstowe ~ Jo Beaver, London
For 2011 calendar and diaries; birthday cards and gifts go to www.charitycards.co.uk/charities/boa - 7.5% of your total purchase order will go towards Trauma & Orthopaedic Research.
Joint Action is the research fundraising arm of
The British Orthopaedic Association
www.jointaction.org.uk Joint Action News December 2010www.jointaction.org.uk Joint Action News December 2010
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Martha Lane Fox, Co-founder of lastminute.com and business entrepreneur, gives thanks to the orthopaedic community for the support she received after a devastating car accident. “Following a road tra�c accident in Morocco, I was left on a desert roadside with a shattered pelvis, internal bleeding and almost every bone in my body broken. Thanks to the ingenuity and resourcefulness of my friends, I managed to get back to the John Radcli�e Centre in Oxford where I was put back together, literally piece by piece. My arm is metal, my leg is metal and my pelvis is fairly metal but I am alive and for this reason, I cannot emphasise enough the importance of orthopaedics and how it can change people’s lives. Joint Action is the British Orthopaedic Association’s research appeal and for this reason, I am delighted to lend my support and put out a call for new ideas to �nd ways to improve care and raise the much needed funds for orthopaedic research.”
Since our last newsletter, Danielle has had
some exciting opportunities. She and her
family were asked to visit the
currently-being-built Olympic Park for an
exclusive tour. Lauren from Joint Action was
also invited along. Danielle really enjoyed
herself and came away with many gifts which
included a signed card from Lord Sebastian
Coe and a hard hat!
Danielle was nominated for an award in
She�eld’s Night of Honour which was held on
her 12th birthday.
Danielle also attended a reception on 9th
December 2010 at Buckingham Palace in
recognition of St John’s Ambulance Young
Achievers and had the opportunity to meet
the hostess, the Patron of St John’s Ambulance,
HRH The Princess Royal.
More funds are still needed to do more
research into paediatric orthopaedic
conditions. You can help!
-----------------------------------------
is what it will cost to manufacture a ‘Shoulder Testing Rig’ for the development of a protocol that will safely advise when to return to the use of a ‘steering wheel’ after surgery.-----------------------------------------
£9,000
Major Limb TraumaDanielle’s Doing Fine Martha’s Story
Who is a�ected?
Anyone of any age can su�er injuries such as
fractures, crushing, dislocations, amputations
and damage to nerves and blood vessels.
Occupational injury and road tra�c accidents
are major causes of musculoskeletal trauma,
with tra�c accidents alone causing 360,000
injuries each year in the UK. By 2010, 25% of
worldwide health care expenditure will be on
trauma care.
What is Joint Action doing to help?
“When can I start driving again after surgery?” is
a question commonly asked by patients before
and after orthopaedic surgery. Studies about
driving ability have been done using a testing
rig to simulate normal driving conditions after
surgery of the hip, knee and the ankle but there
is no available information about the �tness to
drive after shoulder surgery. With the generous
assistance of the Sir Samuel Scott of Yews Trust
and The William Coxen Trust, Joint Action has
been able to fund Andrew Wallace in Imperial
College, London to design a driving testing rig
to assess the �tness of patients to drive with
shoulder problems before and after surgery. The
rig simulates the mechanics of driving and can
test the driving reaction time and steering
accuracy both left and right. These tests
correlate with the time it would take for a
patient to steer a car with standard power
assisted steering out of an obstacle in an
emergency. With so many of us dependent on
driving for work and pleasure, this test will
ensure that orthopaedic patients do not return
to driving before it is safe to do so.
What does the future hold?
When the body is injured, after blood �ow has
been stemmed and any emergency surgery
undertaken, the patient will often feel intense
pain, swelling and sti�ness and uncontrolled
in�ammation. Work needs to be done to
develop optimum strategies to prevent and
treat the body’s reaction to injury. It is also
important that work continues to develop new
implants to �x fractures to all bones and how
best to treat bone infection. By increasing
detailed understanding of the mechanisms of
injury it will be possible to help prevent some
occupational, sports and vehicle accidents and
improve the delivery of trauma services and
how best to improve the rapid rehabilitation of
patients and their return to work.
www.jointaction.org.uk Joint Action News December 2010www.jointaction.org.uk Joint Action News December 2010
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BOA Newsletter Dec Inner.pdf 02/12/2010 11:46:56
Martha Lane Fox, Co-founder of lastminute.com and business entrepreneur, gives thanks to the orthopaedic community for the support she received after a devastating car accident. “Following a road tra�c accident in Morocco, I was left on a desert roadside with a shattered pelvis, internal bleeding and almost every bone in my body broken. Thanks to the ingenuity and resourcefulness of my friends, I managed to get back to the John Radcli�e Centre in Oxford where I was put back together, literally piece by piece. My arm is metal, my leg is metal and my pelvis is fairly metal but I am alive and for this reason, I cannot emphasise enough the importance of orthopaedics and how it can change people’s lives. Joint Action is the British Orthopaedic Association’s research appeal and for this reason, I am delighted to lend my support and put out a call for new ideas to �nd ways to improve care and raise the much needed funds for orthopaedic research.”
Since our last newsletter, Danielle has had
some exciting opportunities. She and her
family were asked to visit the
currently-being-built Olympic Park for an
exclusive tour. Lauren from Joint Action was
also invited along. Danielle really enjoyed
herself and came away with many gifts which
included a signed card from Lord Sebastian
Coe and a hard hat!
Danielle was nominated for an award in
She�eld’s Night of Honour which was held on
her 12th birthday.
Danielle also attended a reception on 9th
December 2010 at Buckingham Palace in
recognition of St John’s Ambulance Young
Achievers and had the opportunity to meet
the hostess, the Patron of St John’s Ambulance,
HRH The Princess Royal.
More funds are still needed to do more
research into paediatric orthopaedic
conditions. You can help!
-----------------------------------------
is what it will cost to manufacture a ‘Shoulder Testing Rig’ for the development of a protocol that will safely advise when to return to the use of a ‘steering wheel’ after surgery.-----------------------------------------
£9,000
Major Limb TraumaDanielle’s Doing Fine Martha’s Story
Who is a�ected?
Anyone of any age can su�er injuries such as
fractures, crushing, dislocations, amputations
and damage to nerves and blood vessels.
Occupational injury and road tra�c accidents
are major causes of musculoskeletal trauma,
with tra�c accidents alone causing 360,000
injuries each year in the UK. By 2010, 25% of
worldwide health care expenditure will be on
trauma care.
What is Joint Action doing to help?
“When can I start driving again after surgery?” is
a question commonly asked by patients before
and after orthopaedic surgery. Studies about
driving ability have been done using a testing
rig to simulate normal driving conditions after
surgery of the hip, knee and the ankle but there
is no available information about the �tness to
drive after shoulder surgery. With the generous
assistance of the Sir Samuel Scott of Yews Trust
and The William Coxen Trust, Joint Action has
been able to fund Andrew Wallace in Imperial
College, London to design a driving testing rig
to assess the �tness of patients to drive with
shoulder problems before and after surgery. The
rig simulates the mechanics of driving and can
test the driving reaction time and steering
accuracy both left and right. These tests
correlate with the time it would take for a
patient to steer a car with standard power
assisted steering out of an obstacle in an
emergency. With so many of us dependent on
driving for work and pleasure, this test will
ensure that orthopaedic patients do not return
to driving before it is safe to do so.
What does the future hold?
When the body is injured, after blood �ow has
been stemmed and any emergency surgery
undertaken, the patient will often feel intense
pain, swelling and sti�ness and uncontrolled
in�ammation. Work needs to be done to
develop optimum strategies to prevent and
treat the body’s reaction to injury. It is also
important that work continues to develop new
implants to �x fractures to all bones and how
best to treat bone infection. By increasing
detailed understanding of the mechanisms of
injury it will be possible to help prevent some
occupational, sports and vehicle accidents and
improve the delivery of trauma services and
how best to improve the rapid rehabilitation of
patients and their return to work.
www.jointaction.org.uk Joint Action News December 2010www.jointaction.org.uk Joint Action News December 2010
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BOA Newsletter Dec Inner.pdf 02/12/2010 11:46:56
newsKeeping People Mobile December 2010
Joint Action
FACT: Tra�c accidents cause 360,000 injuries each year in the UK
FACT: According to the World Health Organisation, by the end of 2010, 25% of worldwide healthcare expenditure will be on trauma care
Joint Action Prize Tile Puzzle
1st Prize - Cash Prize2nd Prize - History of the British Orthopaedic Association book, signed by its president
3rd Prize - DIY Model Skeleton
Drinking and driving can lead to road tra�c accidents that can cause major limb trauma.
S E A
T O D A O N E
L L T I N A N S G G S R E E S O N
Unscramble the tiles to reveal a seasonal message
To enter the competition, tick the appropriate box on the donation form and enclose your
entry fee of £2 (please do not send cash), in addition to your ‘other’ general donation for
Trauma & Orthopaedic research.
Winner of the Joint Action Prize Cryptogram (Oct 2010): Barney Newman from Chester�eld
Runners Up: A Power, Chester ~ H Wilde, Hounslow ~ P Frodsham, Didcot ~ A Dallibar, Crawley ~ R Disney, Mill Hill ~ E Court, Bridgwater ~ M Cocker, Gravesend ~ B Barnard, Felixstowe ~ Jo Beaver, London
For 2011 calendar and diaries; birthday cards and gifts go to www.charitycards.co.uk/charities/boa
7.5% of your total order purchase will go towardsTrauma & Orthopaedic Research.
Joint Action is the research fundraising arm of
The British Orthopaedic Association
www.jointaction.org.uk Joint Action News December 2010www.jointaction.org.uk Joint Action News December 2010
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BOA Newsletter Dec Outer.pdf 02/12/2010 13:33:07