Sentences with phrase «likelihood of head injuries»

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The softer impact means less trauma to the head, and the theory is that this will reduce the likelihood of brain injuries or concussions.

Because incorrect head and neck positioning increases the likelihood of injury, the best prevention involves knowing and practicing proper strengthening and conditioning techniques.

By easing into exercise, you reduce your likelihood of injury and prime your body for the activity head.

Gorgeously directed by Chloé Zhao with the same assured command of documentary and narrative techniques she showed in her 2015 debut, «Songs My Brothers Taught Me,» this is a lovely, lyrical ode to South Dakota rodeo culture, centered around a Sioux cowboy named Brady Blackburn who, having suffered a severe head injury, is struggling with the likelihood that he'll never ride again.

These inflatable restraints deploy in the event of a lateral collision or a rollover to reduce the likelihood of injury and limb or head ejection.

The front airbags are designed to supplement the seat belts to help reduce the likelihood of head and upper body injuries in frontal crashes.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, helmets can reduce the likelihood of a motorcycle crash fatality by 37 % and head injuries by 69 %, but hardly any states, including Texas, have a universal helmet law.

It would most likely be up to a jury to consider whether modern day football helmet has any design defects and, in weighing that question, a Massachusetts jury would be asked to weigh several factors: - the gravity of the danger posed by the current football helmet design - the likelihood that head injury will result from the use of the helmet - the technical feasibility of a safer alternative design - the financial feasibility of that alternative design, and - any other consequences likely to result from the alternative design However, even if a jury were to conclude that there exists a cost - effective design that would be more effective in preventing head injuries than the current football helmet design, the manufacturer might still have a few defenses under Massachusetts law: the so - called Vassallo defense and Correia defense.