Transient quadriplegia and return-to-play criteria

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-419

  Fagan, Kim ^a  

^a Suite 300A 35209   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPRAXIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TRAINING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 3242714031     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2004.03.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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