Injuries to the human spinal column: Biomechanics and injury classification

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 297-352

  Kazarian, Leon ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATLAS; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CERVICAL SPINE; DISLOCATION; FRACTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRA;

AGING; ATLAS; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FRACTURES; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; OCCIPITAL BONE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0019766959     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: 15383008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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