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A cervical collar, also known as a neck brace, is a medical device used to support and immobilize a person's neck. It is also applied by emergency personnel to those who have had traumatic head or neck injuries, [1] although they should not be routinely used in prehospital care. [2] [3] They can also be used to treat chronic medical conditions.
An early use of the microphone supported by a strap around the neck: telephone operator. The term lavalier originally referred to jewelry in the form of a pendant worn around the neck. Its use as the name of a type of microphone originates from the 1930s, when various practical solutions to microphone use involved hanging the microphone from ...
"Text neck is where people are hunched over looking at their electronic devices, hours at a time, really putting an extreme load on the spine," said Dr. Erik Shaw, Sheperd Pain Institute in ...
of or pertaining to the neck or the cervix: Latin cervix, cervīc-), neck, cervix cervical vertebrae, cervicodorsal cheil-of or pertaining to the lips Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos), lip, mouth, beak angular cheilitis: chem(o)-chemistry, drug Greek χημεία (khēmeía) chemical, chemistry, chemotherapy: chir-, cheir-of or pertaining to the hand
The contact microphone senses the vibration in the wall of the neck. These vibrations reflect the mechanical shocks that result from the closing of the glottis and the variations of the subglottic pressure. This results from the interrupted transglottal airflow. [2] A contact microphone can also be known as an accelerometer microphone.
A neck, or cervical, manipulation is a procedure done at a chiropractor’s office that involves “adjusting” the upper vertebrae of the spine to alleviate muscle tension, pain, or headaches.
Derek Chauvin’s actions during the fatal arrest of George Floyd last spring were not consistent with how cops are taught to restrain combative suspects, a use-of-force instructor who has trained ...
Studies have shown that a well designed and adjusted head restraint could prevent potentially injurious head-neck kinematics in rear-end collisions by limiting the differential movement of the head and torso. The primary function of a head restraint is to minimize the relative rearward movement of the head and neck during rear impact.