Pediatric spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA): The absence of occult instability and lack of indication for bracing

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2788-2800

  Bosch, Patrick P ^a   Vogt, Molly T ^a   Ward, W Timothy ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric; Review; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRACES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0037115324     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200212150-00009     Document Type: Article

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