MRI is Nondiagnostic in Cervical Spine Imaging of the Helmeted Football Player with Shoulder Pads

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 353-357

  Waninger, Kevin N ^a,b   Rothman, Michael ^a   Heller, Michael ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Saint Luke's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Football; Helmet removal; Injury; MRI; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOOTBALL; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ARTIFACTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0344825179     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200311000-00003     Document Type: Article

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