The effectiveness of various cervical orthoses: An in vivo comparison of the mechanical stability provided by several widely used models

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1624-1629

  Sandler, Aaron J ^a   Dvorak, Jiri ^a   Humke, Thorsten ^a   Grob, Dieter ^a   Daniels, Willi ^b  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b J Orthopädie Daniels   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

braces; cervical vertebrae; neck; orthoses; range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; NECK; NECK INJURIES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029894235     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199607150-00002     Document Type: Article

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