Return to play criteria for the athlete with cervical spine injuries resulting in stinger and transient quadriplegia/paresis

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 351-356

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Klein, Gregg R ^a   Ciccoti, Michael ^a   Pfaffs, William L ^a   Moulton, Mark J R ^a   Hilibrand, Alan J ^a   Watkins, Bob ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Cervical spine; Practice guidelines; Quadriplegia; Return to play; Spinal cord injury; Spinal fractures; Spinal stenosis; Sports; Sports medicine; Stinger; Transient quadriplegia; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 0036758489     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00202-4     Document Type: Review

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