Advances in operative stabilization for unstable cervical spine injuries: Implications for early mobilization and rehabilitation

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Daffner, Scott D ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Katsos, Mara S ^b   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine trauma; Early rehabilitation; Rigid internal fixation

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION; STANDARD;

EID: 0038545667     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/2LLK-EC9V-UY4A-KJLC     Document Type: Review

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