Two case reports of cervical spinal cord injury in football (soccer) players

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 383-385

  Silva, P ^a,b   Vaidyanathan, S ^a   Kumar, B N ^a   Soni, B M ^a   Sett, P ^a  

^a North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Spinal Injuries   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord injury; Football; Soccer; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPORT INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WHIPLASH INJURY; X RAY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744987149     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101839     Document Type: Article

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