"Golfer's stroke": golf-induced stroke from vertebral artery dissection

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Maroon, Joseph C ^a   Gardner, Paul ^a   Abla, Adnan A ^a   El Kadi, Hikmat ^a   Bost, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Golf; Golf induced stroke; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FALLING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY; MALE; SPORT; STROKE; SUBLUXATION; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; GOLF; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 33846330175     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.03.045     Document Type: Article

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