Cervical burners in the athlete

Pediatric Case Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Stracciolini, Andrea ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNING SENSATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; NECK INJURIES; RECURRENCE; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0141992733     PISSN: 15329798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pca.0000089630.68180.85     Document Type: Review

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