In addition to the overall doubling of concussion rates,
the rates of these head injuries increased significantly in five sports: football, boys basketball, boys wrestling, boys baseball and girls softball.
The limited government records in the U.S. suggest that
the rate of head injuries among 12 - to 17 - year - olds, as well as older boxers, is about 3 for every 1,000 participants.
Other possible reasons for the high
rate of head injuries associated with bicycle accidents include the following:
Not exact matches
The goal: Make a helmet that could reduce football's high
rates of concussions and
head injuries.
So assuming the boss is right about the
injury list and he does some good business in the January transfer window, how do you
rate the chances
of another trophy
heading to the Emirates?
Rates of abusive
head injuries occurring in the first three years
of children's lives almost halved over the five - year - study - period (Dias et al, 2005).
«This may be
of particular concern in child and adolescent athletes where
head injury rates are often higher than in adult athletes,» says the statement.
Positional plagiocephaly, or plagiocephaly without synostosis (PWS), can be associated with supine sleeping position (OR: 2.5).113 It is most likely to result if the infant's
head position is not varied when placed for sleep, if the infant spends little or no time in awake, supervised tummy time, and if the infant is not held in the upright position when not sleeping.113, — , 115 Children with developmental delay and / or neurologic
injury have increased
rates of PWS, although a causal relationship has not been demonstrated.113, 116, — , 119 In healthy normal children, the incidence
of PWS decreases spontaneously from 20 % at 8 months to 3 % at 24 months
of age.114 Although data to make specific recommendations as to how often and how long tummy time should be undertaken are lacking, supervised tummy time while the infant is awake is recommended on a daily basis.
They also note the high
rate of concurrent
injuries to the limbs and / or
head and neck, reflecting the destructive power
of modern military - grade explosives.
It found that youth who exercised within seven days
of a
head injury had nearly half the
rate of persistent post-concussive symptoms a month later.
Zinc supplementation is associated with improved neurologic recovery
rate and visceral protein levels
of patients with severe closed
head injury.
(Note: during the test, part
of the
injury data from the neck was not obtained, but after the Institute reviewed comparable test data from General Motors, the
head / neck
injury risk was
rated good.)
Driver dummy
injury and
head protection
ratings for the 2009 model are assigned by the Institute as part
of side crash test verification.
The study by IIHS» VP
of research, Jessica Cicchino, shows that ``... lane departure warning lowers
rates of single - vehicle, sideswipe and
head - on crashes
of all severities by 11 percent and lowers the
rates of injury crashes
of the same types by 21 percent.»
Ratings reflect
injury measures recorded on two instrumented SID - IIs dummies, assessment
of head protection, and the vehicle's structural performance during the impact.
Winners
of the gold award have earned good
ratings in the Institute's frontal offset and side impact tests, and their seat /
head restraints are
rated good for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
IIHS
rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in high - speed front and side crash tests, a roof strength test for rollover protection, plus evaluations
of seats /
head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
A 2008 Institute analysis
of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers
of vehicles with seat /
head restraint combinations
rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck
injuries in rear - end crashes than drivers
of vehicles with poor
head restraints (see «Neck
injury risk is lower if seats and
head restraints are
rated good,» March 15, 2008).
Ratings reflect
injury measures recorded on 2 instrumented SID - IIs dummies representing a 5th percentile woman, assessment
of head protection countermeasures, and the vehicle's structural performance during the impact.
Police crash data from 25 states between 2009 and 2015 for vehicle models where the systems were sold as optional reduced
rates of single - vehicle, sideswipe and
head - on crashes by 11 percent, and
injuries in such crashes by 21 percent.
A 2008 Institute analysis
of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers
of vehicles with seat /
head restraint combinations
rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck
injuries in rear - end crashes than drivers
of vehicles with poor
head restraints.
IIHS
rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in a moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact and rollover, plus evaluations
of seat /
head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
Rating is evaluation
of injury to
head, neck, chest, legs.
IIHS
rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in a moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact and rollover, as well as evaluations
of seat /
head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
Thus, the changes in neck
injury claim
rates revealed by the research can be attributed to the seat and
head restraint design changes instead
of to differences in how the cars» structures managed the forces
of the rear impacts.
New generation
of seat /
head restraint designs: Percent change in neck
injury claim
rates for new designs compared with old designs
The IIHS
rates vehicles on performance in front and side crash tests, a roof strength test, and evaluations
of seat /
head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
Overall
ratings reflect
injury measures recorded on two instrumented SID - IIs dummies, assessment
of head protection countermeasures, and the vehicle's structural performance during the test.
«The latest findings show that seat /
head restraint combinations that
rate good in IIHS evaluations are helping to reduce the overall
injury rate in crashes,» says David Zuby, IIHS chief research officer and one
of the co-authors
of the new study.
Looking at crashes involving claims
of $ 2,000 or more, analysts found 16 percent fewer insurance claims were filed for neck
injuries among females in vehicles with good -
rated seats /
head restraints compared with people in vehicles with poor seats /
head restraints.
Volvo, which equips all
of its models with fixed
head restraints
rated good, also installs a whiplash
injury prevention system — the seatback yields and partially rotates when loaded by an occupant's torso in a rear impact.
The Institute introduced the Plus award in 2012 to recognize models that achieve «good» or «acceptable» performance in the small - overlap test as well as «good»
ratings in each
of four other criteria — moderate overlap front crash, side impact and rollover tests, plus evaluations
of seat /
head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
The Jetta is the first vehicle to earn the top
rating of good in every individual measurement category (
injury measures,
head protection and structural design)
of the Institute's side impact test.
Winners
of the gold award have good
ratings in the Institute's frontal offset and side impact tests, and their seat /
head restraints are
rated good for protection from neck
injuries in rear impacts.
The Institute
rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal, or poor based on performance in high - speed front and side crash tests plus evaluations
of seat /
head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
In 1995 the Institute began to
rate head restraint geometry, finding only 3 percent
of vehicles had good
head restraints while those in 82 percent
of new passenger vehicles were poor (see Status Report special issue: whiplash
injuries, Sept. 16, 1995).
Only six
of the seat /
head restraint combinations in 44 current model SUVs are
rated good for protection against whiplash
injuries in rear - end crashes.
Ratings reflect
injury measures recorded on two instrumented SID - IIs dummies, assessment
of head protection countermeasures, and the vehicle's structural performance during the side impact.
Overall, the minivan achieved «good»
ratings for crashworthiness, and IIHS points out that «the frontal and side curtain airbags worked well together to keep the
head [
of the driver] from coming close to any stiff structure or outside objects that could cause
injury.»
The
injury measures particularly from the
head and upper body
of the dummies are important to determine the vehicle overall side
rating.
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of website traffic and a high conversion
rate.
According to the district's report, Longfellow had the highest
rate of child
head injuries sustained while on the playground in the 5,800 student school district.
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Because
of the high
rate of speed
of many
head on collisions,
injuries can be catastrophic.
«
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injury department, Stuart Kightley is a first -
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Each year the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
rates cars based on their performance in high - speed front and side crash tests, a rollover test, plus evaluations
of seat /
head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
Neither
of these is a pleasant thought, but when you consider that serious
injuries such as paralysis,
head injuries, etc., occur at the
rate of about 43 per year (according to the National Ski Areas Association) and deaths occur at the
rate of about 40 per year, it's coverage worth having unless you want your family to have to fork over as much as $ 80,000 or more to get your injured body to a qualified medical center.
The Institute
rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal, or poor based on performance in high - speed front and side crash tests plus evaluations
of seat /
head restraints for protection against neck
injuries in rear impacts.
According to the
head of an auto insurance company providing Florida auto insurance, they are glad to see such improvements and will be able to provide better auto insurance
rates to the insurance clients because these developments will be helpful in reducing accidents, deaths,
injuries and damages caused by some
of the fatal crashes on the road.
Several studies have found increased
rates of general cognitive impairment among homeless adults compared to housed comparison groups.26, 27 In our sample
of homeless adults with current mental disorders, 66 % reported experiencing a
head injury that left them unconscious.