Screening for catastrophic neck injuries in sports

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-19

  Dec, Katherine L ^a   Cole, Steven L ^b   Metivier, Sarah ^b  

^a Women's Sports Medicine at Chippenham and Johnston Willis Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISLOCATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; NECK INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTING EVENT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NECK INJURIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33846946186     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11932-007-0006-y     Document Type: Article

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