A review of spine injuries and return to play

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 453-458

  Eddy, Derrick ^a,c   Congeni, J ^a,b   Loud, K ^a,b  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Cervical spine; Spine injuries

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SAFETY; SPINAL INJURIES; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27944471769     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000186681.13416.0c     Document Type: Review

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