Not exact matches
I was the owner
of ReBalance Physiotherapy, located in Dublin, Ireland.I am internationally trained and educated having worked in both Canada and Ireland, prior to opening ReBalance Physiotherapy in Dublin.Professionally, I've treated
injuries ranging from
mild ankle sprains to advanced surgical reconstructions and most everything in between.
It's difficult to separate these changes from long - term trends (especially since gun homicides have generally been on the decline for decades now), but a review
of the evidence by RAND linked
milder gun control measures, including background checks, to reduced
injuries and deaths — and that means these measures likely saved lives.
After picking up a «
mild neck
injury» in Rome, Greg Rutherford — who had won in each
of his competitions since last July — finished in fifth with a best
of 8.17 m after his placing following the first three leaps put him outside the top four which denied him a further three attempts under the controversial new Diamond League rules.
More than 90 %
of all cerebral concussions fall into this
mild, or Grade 1, category, which, under my brain
injury guidelines is characterized by only a brief (less than 30 minutes) period
of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) or other post-concussion signs and symptoms.
No pupil may resume athletic activity until they have been symptom free for not less than 24 hours and been evaluated and received written authorization from a physician trained in the evaluation and treatment
of mild traumatic brain
injuries.
The rules must require the immediate removal from athletic activities
of any pupil believed to have sustained a
mild traumatic brain
injury.
The E.R. staff diagnosed this athlete with
mild traumatic brain
injury; an MRI showed some swelling in part
of his brain.
As a result, Dr. Meehan argues that «the term
mild traumatic brain
injury should not be used interchangeably with concussion,» as suggested by the authors
of a 2010 Canadian study, 2 which found that how a brain
injury was labeled made a difference when it came to treatment, and suggested that, to encourage full reporting
of head
injuries in sports and to allow adequate management and recovery time, MTBI be used in its place.
Patients with suspected concussive
injury are categorized as having
mild traumatic brain
injury, or mTBI if, when they are first seen by an emergency medicine provider, they receive a score
of 14 - 15 on the 15 - point Glasgow Coma Scale, which is used to determine level
of consciousness based on responses to various stimuli:
Women run 5 to 7 times the risk
of death with cesarean section compared with vaginal birth.14, 29 Complications during and after the surgery include surgical
injury to the bladder, uterus and blood vessels (2 per 100), 30 hemorrhage (1 to 6 women per 100 require a blood transfusion), 30 anesthesia accidents, blood clots in the legs (6 to 20 per 1000), 30 pulmonary embolism (1 to 2 per 1000), 30 paralyzed bowel (10 to 20 per 100
mild cases, 1 in 100 severe), 30 and infection (up to 50 times morecommon).1 One in ten women report difficulties with normal activities two months after the birth, 23 and one in four report pain at the incision site as a major problem.9 One in fourteen still report incisional pain six months or more after delivery.9 Twice as many women require rehospitalization as women having normal vaginal birth.18 Especially with unplanned cesarean section, women are more likely to experience negative emotions, including lower self - esteem, a sense
of failure, loss
of control, and disappointment.
* Update: A 2012 study in the journal Neurology by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic (2) also found no link between intentional heading and acute brain damage (e.g. concussion), but said that it was at least theoretically possible that it could represent a form
of repetitive subthreshold
mild brain
injury over time and could be the cause
of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Mild traumatic brain
injuries, or concussions, cause a variety
of temporary symptoms, including headache, nausea, and memory loss.
In their vote on whether or not to ban baby walkers, the CPSC stated that only one - third
of injuries were «more severe» than simple
mild injuries and that was «similar to that
of other commonly used juvenile products, such as cribs, playpens, high chairs, and changing tables.»
Since 2011, the all - boys» private school, generally known as St. Mike's, has been running programs in partnership with the David L. MacIntosh Sport Medicine Clinic at the University
of Toronto to support the recovery
of student athletes who have sustained concussions, known medically as
mild traumatic brain
injuries.
Dr. Genin notes how far our understanding
of mild traumatic brain
injuries such as concussions — and the consequences if they go untreated — has advanced.
It alleges the league has been aware
of evidence
of mild traumatic brain
injuries and the risk for its players for years, but» deliberately ignored and actively concealed» the information.
The Department
of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (also known as Physiatry) at Floating Hospital for Children treats children and adolescents with neurological, neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders and
injuries, from
mild to severe, to improve their function so they can enjoy fulfilling lives.
Performance Sports Group Ltd. (NYSE: PSG)(TSX: PSG)(«Performance Sports Group» or the «Company»), a leading developer and manufacturer
of high performance sports equipment and apparel, along with several leading medical experts today unveiled what the Company and presenting doctors believe could be a significant breakthrough in addressing
mild traumatic brain
injury («mTBI») in sports.
SIGNA ™ Premier is a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system developed through the GE - NFL Head Health Initiative, which aimed to develop new imaging tools, particularly to aid in the detection
of biomarkers for the potential diagnosis
of mild traumatic brain
injury.
New research shows that the brains
of some football players who had the usual head hits associated with the sport, but no concussions, still had signs
of mild brain
injury six months after the season ended.
Perhaps this was due merely to the passage
of time, or perhaps this was due to a
mild form
of traumatic brain
injury for which memory loss is a common symptom.
The study also linked traumatic brain
injury with the onset
of neurodegenerative disorders, including
mild cognitive impairment as well as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
Researchers from the University
of California, Irvine, Georgetown University and the University
of Rochester have found that specific small molecules in blood plasma may be useful in determining whether someone has sustained a
mild traumatic brain
injury (mTBI), commonly known as a concussion.
Of these, 53 had
mild traumatic brain
injury involving an explosion and 29 had
mild traumatic brain
injury unrelated to a blast.
Concussions, a type
of mild traumatic brain
injury, are the result
of a direct or indirect blow to the head that causes the brain to be jostled within the skull.
Of those injuries, about 83 percent are considered mild forms of traumatic brain injury or concussio
Of those
injuries, about 83 percent are considered
mild forms
of traumatic brain injury or concussio
of traumatic brain
injury or concussion.
«Lower FA values in the uncinate fasciculi could offer a metric for evaluating the severity
of mild traumatic brain
injuries and predicting clinical outcome.
Each year, more than 17 million Americans suffer a
mild traumatic brain
injury (mTBI), more commonly known as a concussion,
of which approximately 15 percent suffer persistent symptoms beyond three months.
Mild traumatic brain
injury represents a silent but brutal plague among combat veterans and a hidden threat to the health
of civilians
This new study builds on previous research from this group showing that elevated blood levels
of SNTF on the day
of a
mild traumatic brain
injury treated in the emergency room predicted those patients who would go on to suffer diffuse axonal
injury and long - term cognitive dysfunction.
The more you're going through it, the higher the risk
of mild brain
injury or some sort
of neck
injury.»
After a concussion, a person can be left with disturbed sleep, memory deficits and other cognitive problems for years, but a new study led by Rebecca Spencer at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that despite these abnormalities, sleep still helps them to overcome memory deficits, and the benefit is Frontier in Human Neurosciequivalent to that seen in individuals without a history
of mild traumatic brain
injury (TBI), also known as concussion.
But a new study from Tel Aviv University researchers points to an «enriched environment» — specially enhanced surroundings — as a promising path for the rehabilitation
of mild traumatic brain
injury (mTBI) patients.
Symptoms
of traumatic brain
injury can range from the
mild, such as lingering headaches and nausea, to more severe impairments in memory and cognition.
Combining data recorded from football players with computer simulations
of the brain, a team working with David Camarillo, an assistant professor
of bioengineering, found that concussions and other
mild traumatic brain
injuries seem to arise when an area deep inside the brain shakes more rapidly and intensely than surrounding areas.
«We're really focusing on
mild traumatic brain
injury, where we know the least, but the problem is the largest,» says Raul Radovitzky, a professor
of aeronautics and astronautics and associate director
of the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN).
His family have said that he experienced many head
injuries and symptoms
of mild concussion throughout this time.
The two men in charge
of the National Football League's committee on
mild traumatic brain
injury have resigned, The New York Times reports today.
A Portland State University research team studying concussion has published an interactive diagram showing the many facets
of mild traumatic brain
injury (TBI)-- from sleep problems to mood disorders to the increased danger
of dementia — and how they connect with and affect each other.
A coma score
of 13 or higher correlates with
mild brain
injury while a score
of 8 or less is generally considered severe brain
injury.
«On a normal clinical MRI scan, you typically see the structural images
of the brain, and for a
mild brain
injury like a concussion, we aren't able to see the underlying changes we were able to see using these advanced methods.»
Brain
injuries can be classified as
mild, moderate or severe, with
mild injuries, or concussions, representing about 75 percent
of cases.
Mild traumatic brain
injury (mTBI) has been called the signature
injury of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Interest in subconcussions has grown significantly in recent years as the long - and short - term risks
of concussions — or
mild traumatic brain
injury — have become more widely known and understood.
«There is a huge gulf separating our understanding
of what kind
of brain
injuries develop because
of mild blast and how they relate to the neuroimaging changes many research groups have detected,» said Dr. David Cook, VA scientist and UW research associate professor
of medicine and pharmacology «The similarities we see in the pattern
of neuron
injury in the cerebellum
of mice, the neuron loss previously seen in boxers, and our neuroimaging findings in veterans is a step toward reducing this knowledge gap.»
Researchers at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine
of Yeshiva University have shown that soccer players who frequently head the ball have brain abnormalities resembling those found in patients with concussion (
mild traumatic brain
injury).
A total
of 360 out
of 76,297 with
mild traumatic brain
injury, or 0.47 percent, developed the disease and 543 out
of 72,592 with moderate to severe traumatic brain
injury, or 0.75 percent, developed the disease.
After researchers adjusted for age, sex, race, education and other health conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure, they found that those with any kind
of traumatic brain
injury had a 71 percent increased risk
of Parkinson's disease, those with moderate to severe traumatic brain
injury had an 83 percent increased risk, and those with
mild traumatic brain
injury had a 56 percent increased risk
of Parkinson's disease.
«Previous research has shown a strong link between moderate to severe traumatic brain
injury and an increased risk
of developing Parkinson's disease but the research on
mild traumatic brain
injury has not been conclusive,» said senior study author Kristine Yaffe, MD,
of the University
of California, San Francisco, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and a member
of the American Academy
of Neurology.
Half
of the study participants had been diagnosed with either a
mild, moderate or severe traumatic brain
injury and half had not.