id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-306599-oedkaf75 Gumina, Stefano The impact of COVID-19 on shoulder and elbow trauma. An Italian survey 2020-05-20 .txt text/plain 1869 126 66 Materials and methods Patients managed in our Trauma Centre between 8th March 2020 and 8th April 2020 (COVID-19 period) for a shoulder and elbow trauma were retrospectively included and compared to patients admitted in the same period of 2019 (no COVID-19 period).Clinical records of all participants were examined to obtain information regarding age, sex, mechanism of injury, diagnosis. Conclusions During the COVID period, we provided a reduced number of health services, especially for patients with low energy trauma and for those who underwent sports and traffic accidents. During the COVID period, in our Trauma Center, we provided a reduced number of health 227 services, compared to the same time of the previous year, especially for those patients with low 228 energy trauma (contusions) and for those who underwent sports injuries and traffic accidents government restrictions imposed to limit COVID-19 spread. ./cache/cord-306599-oedkaf75.txt ./txt/cord-306599-oedkaf75.txt