Acute cervical spine injuries in mountain biking: A report of 3 cases

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 487-489

  Apsingi, Sunil ^a,b   Dussa, Chakravarthi U ^a   Soni, Bakul M ^a  

^a District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Injury; Mountain biking; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BICYCLING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE; SPORTS;

EID: 32944454873     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505279917     Document Type: Article

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