Sentence examples for weaker neck from inspiring English sources
Compared to controls TTH patients had a significantly weaker neck extension (21.49±10.31Nm) vs. (17.07±9.16 Nm) (p= 0.02) resulting in a significantly lower Extension/Flexion moment ratio (p=0.03).
Finally, kids experience what Cantu calls "the bobble-head effect": their heads are disproportionately large compared to their bodies, and their relatively weaker neck muscles can't protect their heads as much as full-grown adults can.
Compared to healthy controls, patients with neck pain exhibit weaker neck muscle strength [ 3- 5].
Children's greater head-to-body ratio and weaker neck muscles, combined with their relative nervous system immaturity, lesser myelinization, and thinner frontal and temporal bones, may predispose them to increased risk of head injury and concussion [ 56].
But we don't have weaker necks than our European neighbours: it's about a compensation culture and the perverse financial incentives on offer.
(The research indicates that it takes less force to cause a concussion in girls and young women, perhaps because they have smaller heads and weaker necks).
(Women, in general, seem substantially more prone to concussions, and explanations vary, from weaker necks to a greater honesty in self-diagnosis).
Reasons for the sex differences have been discussed in the literature, ranging from different styles of play (Gessel et al. 2007) to biomechanical differences (Barnes et al. 1998; Mansell et al. 2005), particularly that compared to males, females may have smaller head-to-ball ratios, weaker necks, or less total mass in their heads and necks.
And a child's weak neck cannot brace for a hit the way an adult's can.
After the German bowed out because of a weak neck from a recent motorcycle accident, the Italian team settled on its 38-year-old test driver, Luca Badoer.
The case led to new research showing that many parents were unaware that infants, because of weak neck muscles, could die from being shaken for only a few seconds.
