Sentences with phrase «potential head trauma»

This orientation decreases the neck's ability to absorb shock, resulting in potential head trauma (e.g. concussion or worse) or spine fractures.

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Long - term studies, conducted over the course of a season or several years, also have the potential to provide more information on the sports and practices that are most susceptible to head trauma.

You spend nights if not weeks mulling over your baby's vomit and Google up on all the potential brain damage symptoms you can possibly find from baby's head trauma.

This new study of non-military, civilian trauma patients visiting the emergency department builds on recent research conducted by Dr. Samadani, supported through the Cohen Veterans Center, which found that the use of this novel eye - tracking technology could reveal edema, or swelling, in the brain as a potential biomarker for assessing brain function and monitoring recovery in people with head injuries.

The Brain Injury Association of America lists the potential consequences of head trauma, which include:

While many of these falls cause only minor injuries, they have the potential to require extensive medical treatment if they result in trauma to the head, neck or spine.

Few prevention programs have been rigorously evaluated, and only a few have proven effective.60, 61 Health - care based prevention programs, including parent education programs to reduce rates of abusive head trauma, and improving physician ambulatory care practices to help families decrease risk factors for child maltreatment have shown good initial results, but require further evaluation.62, 63 Specific intensive home visitation programs such as nurse home visiting programs for first - time mothers have proven to be both clinically and cost effective in preventing maltreatment.64, 65 However, a program of nurse home visitation has been found ineffective as a treatment model for abusive and neglectful families, highlighting the importance of primary prevention, as well as the need to rigorously evaluate potential treatments for abusive families.66 Child welfare services are historically structured as short - term interventions that monitor families for recidivism, provide parenting education and assist with referrals to community - based services.