The effect of post-injury spinal position on canal occlusion in a cervical spine burst fracture model

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1710-1715

  Ching, Randal P ^a,b   Watson, Nathan A ^a   Carter, Jarrod W ^a   Tencer, Allan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Canal occlusion; Spinal canal; Spinal positioning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0031415725     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199708010-00005     Document Type: Article

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