A comparison of head movement during back boarding by motorized spine-board and log-roll techniques

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-168

  Swartz, Erik E ^a   Nowak, Jennifer ^b   Shirley, Chandra ^c   Decoster, Laura C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute   (United States)

^c Winona Community Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Emergency management; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACK BOARDING; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOG ROLL TECHNIQUE; MALE; MOTION; MOTORIZED SPINE BOARD; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; ROTATION; SPORT INJURY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 26644437702     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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