Experimental impact injury to the cervical spine: Relating motion of the head and the mechanism of injury

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 412-421

  Nightingale, Roger W ^a   McElhaney, James H ^a   Richardson, William J ^a,b   Best, Thomas M ^a   Myers, Barry S ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 0029874289     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199603000-00013     Document Type: Article

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