Sentences with phrase «risk of a head injury»

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 12, 2007)-- In its continuing emphasis on illegal helmet - to - helmet contact in high school football such as spearing, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee reorganized and clarified several rules with the intention of further reducing the risk of head injuries, such, as concussions, in the sport.

There is growing evidence that the risk of head injury and of loss of consciousness increases when a person is not wearing a helmet and falls while skiing or snowboarding, according to a report published in the journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB1521 (2011) requires the governing board of school districts to prescribe and enforce guidelines, information and forms regarding the risk of head injury and concussion to educate coaches, pupils and parents.

MomsTEAM's concussion expert, Dr. Bill Meehan, Director of the Sports Concussion Clinic at Children's Hospital Boston, and author of Kids, Sports, and Concussion, thinks one way that may reduce the risk of head injury is to strengthen the neck muscles so they better cushion against impact.

A properly fitted bike helmet can reduce your risk of a head injury by as much as 85 percent.

That six months off may not be long enough for the brains of football players to completely heal after a single season, putting them at even greater risk of head injury the next season, was concerning, said Bazarian.

Called Next Generation (Next Gen), the car seats offer 360 Degree Protection with Head Safety Technology - designed to reduce the risk of head injury and provides protection from all sides in the event of a vehicle crash.

Properly fitted helmets can reduce the risk of head injuries by at least 45 percent — yet less than half of children ages 14 and under usually wear a bike helmet.

Retired players Dave Christian, Reed Larson and William Bennett filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday alleging that the league has promoted fighting and downplayed the risk of head injuries that come from it.

President Barack Obama, who has said he would «have to think long and hard» before letting a son play football because of the risk of head injuries, is planning a summit this month on youth sports safety and concussions.

One hundred and four former players, 16 - ex Sabres among them, have filed a lawsuit against the NHL claiming the league was negligent in its care and fraudulently concealed the long - term risks of head injuries.

The National Ski Areas Association recommends kids wear helmets while skiiing or snowboarding, saying helmets can reduce the risk of head injuries by 30 to 50 percent.

And actually any sport that fuels an elevated risk of head injury, as will be the focus of a summit set for Thursday on sports concussions.

As a result, the skull tilts forward — which could increase the risk of head injuries.

According to Zetterberg, the new findings are not only relevant to ice hockey, but to all sports where there is a risk of head injuries.

Antidepressant use has previously been linked with an increased risk of falls and hip fractures, but the risk of head injuries has not been studied before.

Antidepressant use was associated with a higher risk of head injuries especially at the beginning of use — during the first 30 days -, but the risk persisted even longer, up to two years.

«Antidepressant use increases risk of head injuries among persons with Alzheimer's disease.»

And in all sports where there is any risk of head injury — rugby for example — players should be monitored to keep an eye on the damage.

The AAP and CPS even consider collision sports like football and hockey that carry a risk of head injury and concussion to be fair game for kids, because unlike boxing they do not encourage intentional blows to the head.

These federal tests don't assess the risks of head injury from impacts with vehicles like SUVs and pickups.

Mercedes - Benz F200 Imagination introduced the window airbag which inflates across the side walls and considerably reduces the risk of head injuries in side crashes and rollovers.

To put it differently — your risk of head injury per trip or per hour is higher if you drive a car in the US, than if you ride a bike in the Netherlands.

Our goal is to provide local children access to bike helmets which properly fit to reduce the risk of head injuries.

Our goal is to encourage bike helmet use to reduce the risk of head injury among children.

For instance, wearing a helmet during a bike ride can reduce your risk of a head injury by 85 %, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.

Sports Injuries: many types of sports put persons at risk of head injury, including soccer, football, skateboarding, hockey, and other high - impact activities.

Not exact matches

EMPLOYEES who have high work demands placed on them — but little say — are at risk of injury or ill health, says The OH&S Services Network head Barbara McPhee.

Because of the increased risk of injury to his spine and head, doctors determined Franchitti could no longer race and advised he retire.

As for Tagliabue, his waving off of the concussion issue in the»90s, and the league's turning a blind eye to head injuries for much of his tenure, no doubt damaged his candidacy for joining in Canton the very men at risk for long - term impacts of brain trauma due to the sport.

Of course, everyone's always known this, but what hadn't come out — thanks in great part to the NCAA and NFL refusing to acknowledge the truth — was the risk of long - term damage due to head injurieOf course, everyone's always known this, but what hadn't come out — thanks in great part to the NCAA and NFL refusing to acknowledge the truth — was the risk of long - term damage due to head injurieof long - term damage due to head injuries.

I don't know about the rest of you Arsenal fans, but I am still scratching my head trying to figure out just what the hell Arsene Wenger was thinking by only completing the one bargain basement transfer deal on the January window, despite the club being sat on a mountain of cash and having our best chance of the Premier League title in a decade put at risk by losing a number of key players to injury.

In this way, it is my goal to reduce the risk of concussions and related head injuries to the athletes that we care most about — our children.

In an effort to continue minimizing the risk of injury in high school football, three additional rules will take effect next season to address helmets coming off players» heads during games.

Protecting players from increased risk of traumatic brain injury by teaching them «heads up» tackling and blocking, equipping them with properly fitted helmets, strengthening their necks to better withstand the forces that cause concussion, and by limiting the number of hits they sustain over the course of a season and career;

But, as a former college lacrosse and high school field hockey player, I have reservations about whether requiring female lacrosse and field hockey players to wear helmets will make the sports safer, or, as a result of the phenomenon called risk compensation, actually result in more, rather than fewer, head injuries.

Portable cribs and mesh play yards pose a serious threat for numerous reasons such as choking or entanglement hazards; head entrapment or suffocation; and risk of injury from tipping when legs on the product become loose and separate.

The statute requires that each year, before beginning a practice for an interscholastic or intramural sport, each high school student athlete and their parent sign an information sheet about the risk of concussion or head injury.

Concussion and Sports Related Head Injury: Code 280.13 C requires the Iowa high school athletic association and the Iowa girls high school athletic union to work together to distribute the CDC guidelines and other information to inform and educate coaches, students, and parents and guardians of students of the risks, signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play after suffering a concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if they occur.

Concussion and Head - Related Sports Injury: Code 33 - 1620 (2010) requires the state board of education to collaborate with the Idaho high school activities association to develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate coaches (both paid and volunteer), youth athletes, and their parents and / or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and head injHead - Related Sports Injury: Code 33 - 1620 (2010) requires the state board of education to collaborate with the Idaho high school activities association to develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate coaches (both paid and volunteer), youth athletes, and their parents and / or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and head injhead injury.

Concussion and Sports Related Head Injury: IC 20 -34-7 requires the department to disseminate guidelines, information and forms to each school corporation to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of students athletes of the nature and nature and risk of concussion and head injury to student athletes, including the risks of continuing to play after concussion or head injHead Injury: IC 20 -34-7 requires the department to disseminate guidelines, information and forms to each school corporation to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of students athletes of the nature and nature and risk of concussion and head injury to student athletes, including the risks of continuing to play after concussion or head injhead injury to student athletes, including the risks of continuing to play after concussion or head injhead injury.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the departmHead Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the departmhead injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the departmhead injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the departmhead injury safety education course program approved by the department.

Concussion and Head Related Sports Injury: SB1700 (2010) requires each school district to work in cooperation with the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association to develop the guidelines, forms and other pertinent information to educate coaches, young athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after an incidHead Related Sports Injury: SB1700 (2010) requires each school district to work in cooperation with the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association to develop the guidelines, forms and other pertinent information to educate coaches, young athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after an incidhead injury, including continuing to play after an incident.

Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to pHead Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to phead injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB189 (2011) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic school to provide information to all coaches, officials, volunteers, youth athletes and their parents / guardians about the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after a concussion or head injHead Injury: SB189 (2011) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic school to provide information to all coaches, officials, volunteers, youth athletes and their parents / guardians about the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after a concussion or head injhead injury, including continuing to play after a concussion or head injhead injury.

Districts must use these materials to educate coaches, student athletes and parents or guardians of student athletes of the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries, including continuing to play after a head injury or concussion.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: 16 V.S.A. Section 1162 (2011) requires the commissioner of education or designee, assisted by members of the Vermont Principal's Association, to develop statewide guidelines, forms and other materials designed to educate coaches, youth athletes and their parents / guardians regarding the nature and risks of concussion and other head injuries, the risks of premature participation in athletic activities after a concussion or head injury and the importance of obtaining a medical evaluation of a suspected concussion or other head injury and receiving treatment when necessHead Injury: 16 V.S.A. Section 1162 (2011) requires the commissioner of education or designee, assisted by members of the Vermont Principal's Association, to develop statewide guidelines, forms and other materials designed to educate coaches, youth athletes and their parents / guardians regarding the nature and risks of concussion and other head injuries, the risks of premature participation in athletic activities after a concussion or head injury and the importance of obtaining a medical evaluation of a suspected concussion or other head injury and receiving treatment when necesshead injuries, the risks of premature participation in athletic activities after a concussion or head injury and the importance of obtaining a medical evaluation of a suspected concussion or other head injury and receiving treatment when necesshead injury and the importance of obtaining a medical evaluation of a suspected concussion or other head injury and receiving treatment when necesshead injury and receiving treatment when necessary.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: HB108 (2011) requires the governing body of each sport or recreational organization to develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate youth athletes and their parents of the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury, including continuing to play after a suspected concussion or brain injury.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: RCW 28A.600 (2009) requires each school district's board of directors to work with the Washington interscholastic activities association to develop guidelines to inform and and educate coaches, youth athletes, and their parents and / or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury including continuing to play after concussion or head injHead Injury: RCW 28A.600 (2009) requires each school district's board of directors to work with the Washington interscholastic activities association to develop guidelines to inform and and educate coaches, youth athletes, and their parents and / or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury including continuing to play after concussion or head injhead injury including continuing to play after concussion or head injhead injury.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Statute 1006.20 (2012) requires the Florida High School Association (FHSAA) must adopt guidelines to educate athletic coaches, officials, administrators, and student athletes and their parents of the nature and risk of concussion and head injHead Injury: Statute 1006.20 (2012) requires the Florida High School Association (FHSAA) must adopt guidelines to educate athletic coaches, officials, administrators, and student athletes and their parents of the nature and risk of concussion and head injhead injury.