The effect of protective equipment on cervical spine alignment in collegiate lacrosse players

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1675-1679

  Sherbondy, Paul S ^a,d   Hertel, Jay N ^b   Sebastianelli, Wayne J ^c  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Helmets; Lacrosse; Shoulder pads

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HELMET; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; LACROSSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHOULDER PAD; SPORT; SUPINE POSITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NECK INJURIES; POSTURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RACQUET SPORTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33748656745     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506288849     Document Type: Article

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