The epidemiology of catastrophic spine injuries in high school and college football

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-6

  Gill, Sanjitpal S ^a   Boden, Barry P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GREENVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cord neuropraxia; Cervical spine; Epidemiology; Football; Quadriplegia

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY;

FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL INJURIES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39149110231     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e31816293e9     Document Type: Review

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