Catastrophic cervical spine injuries in the collision sport athlete, part 1: Epidemiology, functional anatomy, and diagnosis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1077-1087

  Banerjee, Rahul ^a   Palumbo, Mark A ^a   Fadale, Paul D ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Collision athlete; Football; Hockey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOTBALL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOOTBALL; HOCKEY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE;

EID: 2442683079     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504265605     Document Type: Review

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