Dysphagia complications of the Minerva brace

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1386-1388

  Odderson, Ib R ^a,b   Lietzow, Denise ^a  

^a Overlake Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORTHOSIS;

EID: 0031469213     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90316-6     Document Type: Article

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