Thoraco-lumbar flexion-distraction injury in a competitive gymnast: A case report

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-371

  McCormack, Robert G ^a   McLean, Neil ^a   Dasilva, Jerome ^a   Fisher, Charles G ^a,b   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE INJURY; SUBLUXATION; THORACOLUMBAR FLEXION DISTRACTION INJURY; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746447158     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200607000-00018     Document Type: Article

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