Cervical spinal cord injury in sumo wrestling: A case report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1054-1058

  Nakagawa, Yasuaki ^a   Minami, Kazufumi ^b   Arai, Tatsuya ^c   Okamura, Yoshihisa ^d   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Kishiwada City Hospital   (Japan)

^d AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord injury; Hyperflexion; Rule; Sumo wrestling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRESTLING;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WRESTLING;

EID: 2442710413     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503258773     Document Type: Article

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