Permanent partial cervical spinal cord injury in a professional football player who had only congenital stenosis: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1553-1556

  Brigham, Craig D ^a   Adamson, Tim E ^b  

^a ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

^b CAROLINA NEUROSURGERY AND SPINE ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTUSION; DYSESTHESIA; FOOTBALL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; SPORT INJURY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0042635512     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200308000-00018     Document Type: Article

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