The relationship of developmental narrowing of the cervical spinal canal to reversible and irreversible injury of the cervical spinal cord in football players. An epidemiological study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1308-1314

  Torg, Joseph S ^a   Naranja, R John ^b   Pavlov, Helene ^c   Galinat, Brian J ^c   Warren, Russell ^c   Stine, Robert A ^d  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0029841223     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199609000-00003     Document Type: Article

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