Emergency removal of football equipment: A cadaveric cervical spine injury model

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-417

  Gastel, J A ^a   Palumbo, M A ^a   Hulstyn, M J ^a   Fadale, P D ^a   Lucas, P ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOOTBALL; HELMET; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; LORDOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 0031731818     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70168-4     Document Type: Article

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