A Comparison of Spine-Board Transfer Techniques and the Effect of Training on Performance

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 204-208

  Del Rossi, Gianluca ^a   Horodyski, MaryBeth ^b   Powers, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Emergency management; Spine injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFT AND SLIDE TECHNIQUE; LOG ROLL MANEUVER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SAFETY; SPINE BOARD; SPINE INJURY; STUDENT; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 0842328618     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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