Sentences with phrase «by sudden decelerations»

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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).

«The glut of graduate students» — and postdocs — «enticed by the growing support a few years ago have since found it difficult to get their own work funded... and the sudden deceleration in funding has left many researchers feeling slighted even though their funding grew by leaps and bounds in the past decade,» he writes.

Especially in autumn and winter, they rarely operate in the desired temperature window, and performance in the rain tends to be poorer than standard brakes, as low initial bite is typically followed by sudden and extreme deceleration.

Because SUVs are overweight by default, and the driver feels that mass during sudden decelerations or when going through tight corners at overly enthusiastic speeds.

It can also be caused by sudden acceleration or deceleration.

Many neck injuries in auto accidents are caused by rear - end accidents in which there is a sudden acceleration - deceleration force that causes the lower cervical vertebrae to hyperextend while the upper cervical vertebrae are thrown into a hyperflex condition.