On-the-field evaluation of an athlete with a head or neck injury

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-465

  Ghiselli, Gary ^a   Schaadt, Geoff ^b   McAllister, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BOXING; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYCLING; DISABILITY; DIVING; DRIVER; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FLIGHT; FOOTBALL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECK INJURY; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0038338439     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5919(02)00109-6     Document Type: Review

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