Etiology, treatment, and prevention of athletic "stingers"

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-500

  Weinberg, Jacob ^a   Rokito, Steven ^a   Silber, Jeff S ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATHLETE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE ROOT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0038338433     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5919(02)00057-1     Document Type: Review

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