Sentences with phrase «sideline personnel»

* The Impact Indicator uses a sensor in the chinstrap of a player which flashes red to alert sideline personnel about a blow to the head of sufficient magnitude to cause possible concussion.

All too often, even hits hard enough to cause an athlete to display signs of concussion that can be observed by sideline personnel, or which cause the athlete to experience symptoms of concussion, go undetected, either because the signs are too subtle to be seen or are simply missed by sideline personnel or because the athlete fails to report them (a 2010 study [7] of Canadian junior hockey players, for example, found that, for every concussion self - reported by the players or identified by the coaches or on - the - bench medical personnel, physician observers in the stands picked up seven)- a persistent problem that, given the «warrior» mentality and culture of contact and collision sports, is not going to go away any time soon, if ever.

He sees ShockboxTM as having value for parents and sideline personnel, albeit for different reasons.

My experience with the Newcastle football team in Oklahoma leads me to believe that, as long as impact sensors are strictly used for the limited purpose of providing real - time impact data to qualified sideline personnel, not to diagnose concussions, not as the sole determining factor in making remove - from - play decisions, and not to replace the necessity for observers on the sports sideline trained in recognizing the signs of concussion and in conducting a sideline screening for concussion using one or more sideline assessment tests for concussion (e.g. SCAT3, balance, King - Devick, Maddocks questions, SAC)(preferably by a certified athletic trainer and / or team physician), and long as data on the number, force, and direction of impacts is only made available for use by coaches and athletic trainers in a position to use such information to adjust an athlete's blocking or tackling tec hnique (and not for indiscriminate use by those, such as parents, who are not in a position to make intelligent use of the data), they represent a valuable addition to a program's concussion toolbox and as a tool to minimize repetitive head impacts.

In her professional opinion, «if sideline personnel suspect that an athlete has sustained a concussion, they should send him or her to see a concussion specialist.

Although an on - board acceleromter system may not be able to accurately predict injury, it may have utility as a screening device by alerting sideline personnel of an impact that has occurred above a predetermined magnitude that triggers either observation or clinical evaluation of an athlete.

By monitoring head impact exposure in real time, sensors give sideline personnel an additional tool to alert them to high - risk impacts so they can consider performing a concussion assessment, or, alerted to the fact that an athlete has sustained a heavy hit, can watch them more closely for concussion signs.

In some products, the sensor triggers an audible or visual alarm to alert sideline personnel to a high impact hit, and display the number of hits over a certain threshhold on the device itself.

Impact sensors don't depend solely on athletes to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms, or on game officials or sideline personnel to observe signs of concussion.

While all but three states now have laws requiring immediate removal from play of athletes with concussion signs or symptoms and prohibit same - day return to play for those with suspected concussion, some are concerned that such laws may have the perverse effect of making the under - reporting problem even worse, fearing that an athlete is going to be even less likely to self - report experiencing concussion symptoms and more likely to hide symptoms from teammates, game officials and sideline personnel if they know that a suspected concussion may sideline them for the rest of the game.

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

installed inside or on the outside of a player's helmet, embedded in a mouth guard, helmet chin strap, skull cap, head band, or skin patch worn behind the ear, for instance), all are essentially designed to do the same thing: alert coaches, athletic trainers, team doctors, other sideline personnel and / or parents about high - risk single and multiple head impacts in order to improve the rate at which concussions are identified.

Many escape detection by even well - trained sideline personnel.

Answer: Early identification is critical because if sideline personnel suspect that an athlete has sustained a concussion or an even more serious brain injury, they can immediately remove the athlete from the game, eliminating the risk of further injury.

Add in the possibility that sideline personnel responsible for monitoring athletes for signs of concussion, such as team doctors and athletic trainers, or coaches and parent volunteers, may be away from the sideline attending to other injured athletes when a player sustains a high force blow, or, even if they are watching the field / court / rink, may miss significant impacts because they occur away from the play, and one can see why better concussion detection methods are needed.

To begin with, the signs of concussion are often either subtle or non-existent, so they escape detection by sideline personnel.

Not surprisingly, some concussion experts take a more cautious approach to the use of impact sensors, although some of the opposition may be due to a belief that sensors will be use to diagnose concussions, rather than a tool to alert sideline personnel to impacts that might warrant screening for concussion.

I have followed with interest developments over the last few years in the emerging field of impact sensors: small microchip - sized accelerometers and gyroscopes embedded in mouth guards, chin straps, skull caps, ear buds, skin patches and attached to the inside and outside of helmets which, in either send data to sideline personnel or flash an alert about a heavy hit.

Their effect can be minimized, however, if sideline personnel remember to always keep in mind that the sensors are not diagnostic and simply provide additional information for use by sideline personnel in identifying athletes for sideline screening and / or close observation.

Question: Isn't another reason against the use of impact sensors that, if they don't trigger an alarm or alert, sideline personnel may be lulled into thinking that the athlete has not suffered a concussion, and thus can safely continue playing?

Many sports concussion go undetected, say experts, either because athletes don't recognize that they have symptoms of concussion or are reluctant and / or refuse to self - report such symptoms, or because sideline personnel or game officials lack the necessary training and experience to identify an athlete requiring assessment.

Arming sideline personnel (especially a certified athletic trainer) with new, cutting edge tools and technology, including impact sensors to track hits and alert sideline personnel to those which might result in concussion or brain trauma from an accumulation of sub-concussive blows, and a battery of quick and reliable sideline assessment tests to make «remove from play» decisions;

Not exact matches

Cam could flourish with the Falcons offensive personnel, and there's no doubt he would be the «Happy Cam» on sidelines and press conferences.

«If you watch our sidelines at practice, you don't see three or four guys moving in and out with a personnel grouping; you see about 30,» Harsin said.

«I'd hold a finger in the air, like a gun, so the sideline knew I wanted K - gun personnel if it wasn't already on the field.

That was on the coaches on the sidelines not getting the personnel grouping out on the field who should have gone out.

The Emblem Source tweeted out a photo of a special Pac - 12 Championship game patch that will be worn on sideline apparel by both Stanford and Arizona State personnel.

Weiler's counterpart in the Manchester United dugout, Jose Mourinho is not as lucky as the Anderlecht boss as far as personnel availability is concerned, with as many as four key players sidelined with various injury concerns.

If the long - since discredited language of «shake it off»» and «getting dinged» persists; if players aren't willing to self - report concussion symptoms; and, when on rare occasion they actually do, the coaches and medical personnel on the sideline don't take a lot more cautious approach in concussion management and pay more than lip service to the mantra of «When in doubt, sit them out,» well, then, football may be in for a world of hurt.

(And this assumes that there are personnel on the sideline trained in the identification of concussions.

One way, I believe, to address the problem of under - reporting and increase the chances a concussion will be identified early on the sports sideline may be to rely less on athletes themselves to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms (which the most recent study shows occurs at a shockingly low rate, [9] or on game officials and sideline observers to observe signs of concussion and call for a concussion assessment, but to employ technology to increase the chances that a concussion will be identified by employing impact sensors designed to monitor head impact exposure in terms of the force of hits (both linear and rotational), number, location, and cumulative impact, in real time at all levels of football, and in other helmeted and non-helmeted contact and collision sports, where practical, to help identify high - risk impacts and alert medical personnel on the sideline so they can consider performing a concussion assessment.

Their fear is that such a strict, unyielding rule is likely to be evaded by the very players it is designed to protect, leading players to simply stop telling sideline medical personnel that they have any symptoms so as to avoid being benched for the remainder of the game.

If the penalty for not reporting symptoms, for not playing by the rules, is to be suspended or kicked off the team, then players will not, as some fear, try to evade the rule and adoption will not lead players to simply stop telling sideline medical personnel that they have any symptoms so as to avoid being sidelined for the remainder of the game.

During their subsequent competitive seasons, 12 athletes hit their heads and were put through the full battery of sideline concussion tests by parents or coaches, under the supervision of N.Y.U. medical personnel.

If no medical personnel are on the sports sideline, any athlete showing potential signs of concussion, such as balance or motor incoordination (stumbles, slow / labored movements), disorientation or confusion, loss of memory, blank or vacant look or visible facial injury combined with any of these other symptoms, should be removed from play, barred from returning and referred for a formal evaluation by a qualified health care professional.

Bob Colgate, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Football Rules Committee, said this rule change results in a 2 - yard belt that is clear of team personnel and helps eliminate sideline congestion while helping to minimize the risk for participating players, coaches and officials during live - ball situations.

Once the first aid issues are addressed, then an assessment of the athlete's mental status can be made by athletic trainers, coaches, and sideline medical personnel using a brief cognitive screening tool such as the Standardized Assessment Of Concussion (SAC).

The Bears «winter - weather preparations for games on Sunday and, they hope, Jan. 12 («We «ve planned this for a two - shot deal, «LeFevour said), include construction of new, temporary press shelters, addition of more sideline heaters, the rental of heated players «benches, the purchase of hand - warmers for Park District employees and the addition of relief parking, security and medical personnel at the stadium.

The tent allows athletic training staff and medical personnel to examine injured athletes privately on the sidelines during games.

While this issue is being recognized at the professional and elite levels, many youth and collegiate athletic programs across the U.S. lack the adequate medical personnel, specifically concussion specialists, to handle these injuries on the sidelines in real time.

In the 2014 soccer World Cup, concussion assessment protocols were not followed in more than 60 percent of plays in which players involved in head collisions were not assessed by sideline health care personnel, according to a study published by JAMA.

The NFL has gradually been embracing new technologies for team personnel on the sidelines.

We continue to receive positive feedback on having Surface devices on the sidelines from coaches, players and team personnel across the league.