Mechanism of cervical spinal cord injury during bilateral facet dislocation

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2467-2473

  Ivancic, Paul C ^a   Pearson, Adam M ^b   Tominaga, Yasuhiro ^c   Simpson, Andrew K ^a   Yue, James J ^a   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral facet dislocation; Cervical spine; Spinal canal diameter; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISLOCATION; FACET DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 35348888837     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181573b67     Document Type: Article

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