Thoracolumbar junction injuries after motor vehicle collision: Are there differences in restrained and nonrestrained front seat occupants?

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-314

  Inamasu, Joji ^a   Guiot, Bernard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle collision; Seat belt; Spinal injury; Thoracolumbar junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR JUNCTION INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEAT BELTS; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34748814961     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/09/311     Document Type: Article

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