Sentences with phrase «assessment for head injuries»

It is very important after any serious car accident to get a proper assessment for head injuries.

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Reports of head injury and symptom knowledge among college athletes: implications for assessment and educational intervention.

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.

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 memory.

The front seats and head restraints demonstrated good protection against whiplash injury in the event of a rear - end collision and a geometric assessment of the rear seats also indicated protection for those occupants.

For the front seats and head restraints, tests indicated good protection against whiplash injuries in the event of a rear - end collision but a geometric assessment of the rear seats indicated poor protection.