Neck injury after repeated flexions due to parachuting

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-229

  Makela J P ^a,b   Hietaniemi, K ^a  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NECK INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARACHUTIST;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 1842331506     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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