Sentences with phrase «as for head injuries»

The association with traumatic brain injuries was not as clear as for head injuries, which may be due to a smaller number of these events in the study population.

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Over the next few years, count on some walk - in urgent - care centers to evolve into true standalone emergency rooms and for ambulances to increasingly head there instead of to hospital ERs, particularly in the case of certain types of injuries (such as wounds or broken bones).

In January, the program graduates its inaugural class of four teams, whose creations include a biosignal - tracking wristband; an impact - monitorinwg mouthguard that can help athletes avoid aggravating head injuries; a tracking device for skateboards; and a robotic toy that teaches kids as young as 4 to code.

He should've been sent off as well for a head - butt on Fellaini and now is probably out for the next two months with an injury.

It looked like the two sides were heading for a share of the spoils heading into injury time, but Matic had other ideas as he sent a rocket into the back of the net to spark wild scenes amongst the United players and supporters.

The favorites heading into the Royal Rumble were Roman Reigns (the man who has been earmarked as the next big thing) and Daniel Bryan (the sentimental favorite who surprisingly made it back in time for the Rumble after missing most of last year due to injury).

Football its a sport with sports you have injuries add to that its contact sport so the probability of getting injured is sure Ok I can understand luck and ball wobble has got something to do with it but as a soccer player you know you could get injured just like that two or more players are going for the ball you could be sandwiched you could instantly hit the same ball one gets injured both get injured what ever but injury is part of the game some go away pretty easy some do nt and can get aggravated because not all can wait in a in a heavy box for too long and if you do well you become weak so it will take some effort to get back to full strength praying that you do nt get a strain or muscular problem players mangers coaches and physician know that i know that because not long ago i had bad thigh injury all was fine with it then i got a knock just below my knee 3 weeks ago and there is still slight pain in it but will try and play on Thursday thats part of the game The manager has to account for it in his head i got 11 players 6 might go down my contingency if it were to happen is and you still got a fully balanced team well thats the essence and Arsenal all fall because that contingency plan always falls short

With Diego Costa suspended and Loic Remy having joined the injury list with a groin problem, as Standard Sport reports, the Brazilian loanee is in line for a first start at the head of the attack.

as Arsenal head for 5 wins from 6!!!!»» admin I am panicking seriously with this injury is really a thing of concern.

Things have been going well for him down at Bournemouth, being a regular starter and a vital player for Eddie Howe, but last night saw the old injury fears rear their ugly head, as an ankle problem saw him hobble off against Man City.

As for Tagliabue, his waving off of the concussion issue in the»90s, and the league's turning a blind eye to head injuries for much of his tenure, no doubt damaged his candidacy for joining in Canton the very men at risk for long - term impacts of brain trauma due to the sport.

We have some «fair» games coming up, we need to take full advantage of this and get some of our players like Ramsey and Perez into form as injuries are mounting and Elneny and Iwobi will be heading for AFCON.

He admits that his most recent head injury isn't as bad as the one last season that forced him to sit out for two games, as if this is consolation to anyone that knows the impact of this brutal sport.

Mertesacker on that right is slow as hell, Debuchey I don't know where he was all game, Ozil was just floating around not looking bothered, the guy has all the time to measure his cross, in the middle we had a half hearted Kossy who was winded and wounded and did not want to aggravate his head injury, so he just jumped for the sake of jumping just to show that he tried heading that ball away, but it was a mental thing, he had just had a head injury so he was not going to use his head to header that ball..

Despite recent media attention on concussions and other brain trauma, the majority of football injuries occur in the lower extremities, with injuries to the knees reported to be as high as 36.5 percent, followed by up to 18.8 percent for ankle injuries, up to 13.3 percent for shoulder injuries, 11.8 percent for head injuries and 7.2 percent for neck injuries.

At the time it looked as if the 32 - year - old would head to AS Monaco in Ligue 1, but a cruciate ligament injury put an end to the stopper joining anyone for the remainder of 201as if the 32 - year - old would head to AS Monaco in Ligue 1, but a cruciate ligament injury put an end to the stopper joining anyone for the remainder of 201AS Monaco in Ligue 1, but a cruciate ligament injury put an end to the stopper joining anyone for the remainder of 2014.

As seen in the video below, the Fenerbache ace looked dazed and out of it as his head was lifted up by Duda, but the great news is that he didn't suffer any serious injury and will undoubtedly be thankful to his teammate for his helAs seen in the video below, the Fenerbache ace looked dazed and out of it as his head was lifted up by Duda, but the great news is that he didn't suffer any serious injury and will undoubtedly be thankful to his teammate for his helas his head was lifted up by Duda, but the great news is that he didn't suffer any serious injury and will undoubtedly be thankful to his teammate for his help.

The initial reports labelled the injury as a high ankle sprain that could keep Forte out for up to a month, but head coach Lovie Smith recently refuted those reports and claimed his star RB is just dealing a minor injury and some soreness.

It's been a tough year for the 49ers head coach, as he's dealt with rumors about his job and a rash of injuries.

As well as the chance for our players to have a little rest, even those heading off with their countries, the break gives the likes of Coquelin and Giroud the chance to get over their injury problems, so Arsene Wenger should have an almost complete squad to choose from when Arsenal take on Swansea City in just under two weekAs well as the chance for our players to have a little rest, even those heading off with their countries, the break gives the likes of Coquelin and Giroud the chance to get over their injury problems, so Arsene Wenger should have an almost complete squad to choose from when Arsenal take on Swansea City in just under two weekas the chance for our players to have a little rest, even those heading off with their countries, the break gives the likes of Coquelin and Giroud the chance to get over their injury problems, so Arsene Wenger should have an almost complete squad to choose from when Arsenal take on Swansea City in just under two weeks.

Ron Brebner, who kept goal for the English team that won gold at the 1912 Olympic Games, died as a result of head injuries sustained while keeping goal for Leicester Fosse.

Furness sustained a head injury before being booked as she went off for treatment.

It is like a mantra in his head, «it's all about wanting more» is a regular phrase, and it is an opportune moment to discuss the journey he has made from bit - part player, from someone who was even offered up as a makeweight in a failed bid to sign Clint Dempsey from Fulham in 2012, to being shunted around the team, then hampered by a chronic heel injury, fretting about his future, to now being a captain, a leader, a key player for Klopp.

Things are looking absolutely peachy for Barcelona in the injury department as they head to El Madrigal to face in - form Villarreal.

A new manager, countless injuries, team selections with ties to a racism scandal, and suspensions are all topics of discussion for England as they head into Euro 2012.

The west Londoners head coach Jose Mourinho is worried about losing Begovic through injury or suspension, and is desperate to secure the signature of the former Barcelona man as cover for the Bosnian goalie.

Injuries, though, could yet have a say in how Tottenham fair during the next fortnight, with the likes of Aaron Lennon, Rafael Van Der Vaart, William Gallas, Jermaine Defoe, Ledley King, Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko all either out injured or carrying knocks which could restrict their minutes on the pitch — With Harry scratching his head over who to play up front for Saturday's game with Blackburn as both Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko look set to miss out through injury.

As someone who has been covering the sport - related concussion beat for the past 13 years, I wondered at the time whether Kevin was still recovering from a previous head injury days or weeks that made his injury worse.

Portable cribs and mesh play yards pose a serious threat for numerous reasons such as choking or entanglement hazards; head entrapment or suffocation; and risk of injury from tipping when legs on the product become loose and separate.

Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to pHead Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to phead injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.

After completing this training if you are interested in further information regarding concussions, visit the additional resources link to find handy printouts, related articles and supplementary concussion websites such as STOP Sports Injuries and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Head's Up: Concussion in Youth Sports.

Studies are also showing that the enactment of Lystedt laws in 48 states and the District of Columbia (all since May 2009, a year after my speech), which require that parents receive at least some minimal head injury information as a prerequisite for their child's sports participation, is increasing awareness.

As a former college lacrosse and high school field hockey player, and a member of ASTM International's subcommittee on standards for headgear and helmets, which is working with US Lacrosse on developing a new standard for headgear in women's lacrosse, I have reservations about whether requiring female lacrosse players to wear helmets will make the sports safer, or, as a result of the phenomenon called risk compensation (also called the «gladiator effect»), will actually result in more, rather than fewer, head injurieAs a former college lacrosse and high school field hockey player, and a member of ASTM International's subcommittee on standards for headgear and helmets, which is working with US Lacrosse on developing a new standard for headgear in women's lacrosse, I have reservations about whether requiring female lacrosse players to wear helmets will make the sports safer, or, as a result of the phenomenon called risk compensation (also called the «gladiator effect»), will actually result in more, rather than fewer, head injurieas a result of the phenomenon called risk compensation (also called the «gladiator effect»), will actually result in more, rather than fewer, head injuries.

An athlete's psychological readiness is just as important for a return to sports as their physical recovery from injury, says Eric Laudano, M.H.S., ATC, head athletic trainer at the University of Pennsylvania, especially for long - term injuries.

While none of the sensors will prevent a concussion; they have value as another set of eyes watching out for head injuries, alerting parents or athletic trainer when a hockey, lacrosse or football player may have been hit hard enough to warrant a sideline assessment.

Premature babies will need a cloth insert placed in the car seat that has a padded roll that surrounds the top of their head from ear to ear to prevent neck injury, as well as padding around the body for stabilization.

Whether they've suffered a concussion, a broken bone, or a sprain or a strain, kids will need medical treatment and physical rest (as well as cognitive rest, for head injuries).

As Larry Leverenz, Ph.D, ATC, a co-author of the groundbreaking 2010 study (4) that was the first to identify such athletes noted, because such athletes have not suffered damage to areas of the brain associated with language and auditory processing, they are unlikely to exhibit clinical signs of head injury (such as headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for concussion, all of which test for verbal, not visual memorAs Larry Leverenz, Ph.D, ATC, a co-author of the groundbreaking 2010 study (4) that was the first to identify such athletes noted, because such athletes have not suffered damage to areas of the brain associated with language and auditory processing, they are unlikely to exhibit clinical signs of head injury (such as headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for concussion, all of which test for verbal, not visual memoras headache or dizziness), or show impairment on sideline assessment for concussion, all of which test for verbal, not visual memory.

Positional plagiocephaly, or plagiocephaly without synostosis (PWS), can be associated with supine sleeping position (OR: 2.5).113 It is most likely to result if the infant's head position is not varied when placed for sleep, if the infant spends little or no time in awake, supervised tummy time, and if the infant is not held in the upright position when not sleeping.113, — , 115 Children with developmental delay and / or neurologic injury have increased rates of PWS, although a causal relationship has not been demonstrated.113, 116, — , 119 In healthy normal children, the incidence of PWS decreases spontaneously from 20 % at 8 months to 3 % at 24 months of age.114 Although data to make specific recommendations as to how often and how long tummy time should be undertaken are lacking, supervised tummy time while the infant is awake is recommended on a daily basis.

All of us involved in youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).

Team physicians, athletic trainers, and other personnel responsible for the medical care of athletes face no more challenging problem than the recognition, evaluation and management of concussions (generally defined as injury to the brain caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head that results in any immediate, but temporary, alteration in brain functions, such as loss of consciousness, blurred vision, dizziness, amnesia or loss of memory).

An April 2007 Canadian study found that children receiving emergency room treatment for a head injury (HI) are nearly twice as likely to experience another HI requiring medical attention in the next six months compared to children who initially visited the ER for a non-head related injury.

Baby walkers have become a somewhat notorious product as for example they have been reported in this study that they are responsible for an estimated 8800 injuries in infants younger than 15 months in the year 1999 and mostly this is due to falls involving stairs and resulting in head injuries.

November 4, 2011 — As the high school football season heads into the playoff stretch and upcoming winter sports season begins The Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers» Society (PATS), announced today that it has partnered with Sport Safety International; a medical consulting firm that specializes in providing expert advice in the area of sport safety and injury prevention, to help introduce «Concussion Wise ™» an online concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care professionals.

As youth sports coach for boys for five years, I just didn't see head injuries on the field.

Supporters of amateur boxing state that the sport is beneficial to participants by providing exercise, self - discipline, self - confidence, character development, structure, work ethic, and friendships.14 For some disadvantaged youth, boxing is a preferential alternative to gang - related activity, providing supervision, structure, and goals.14 The overall risk of injury in amateur boxing seems to be lower than15 in some other collision sports such as football, ice hockey, wrestling, and soccer.4, 16 However, unlike these other collision sports, boxing encourages and rewards direct blows to the head and face.

Because of the risk of head and facial injuries, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Paediatric Society oppose boxing as a sport for children and adolescents.

Why doesn't youth football have «youth brain injury sensitive» rules such as graduated contact or no heading rules for the U12 group like soccer, lacrosse and hockey have enacted?

The website is designed to serve as both a resource center for traumatic brain injury information and news, and a personalized record of an athlete's head traumas across his career.

As a result, players and advocates have been increasingly calling for a way to protect the athlete's brain against the potentially fatal head injury.