Spinal Injuries in Sports

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-68

  Boden, Barry P ^a,b   Jarvis, Christopher G ^c  

^a Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

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

^c Family and Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic competition; Operative management; Pathophysiology; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BASEBALL; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISLOCATION; DIVING; FOOTBALL; FRACTURE; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STRAIN; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REST; REVIEW; RUGBY; SCREENING; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; TEAM SPORT; UNITED STATES; WHIPLASH INJURY; WRESTLING;

EID: 57249094417     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2008.10.014     Document Type: Review

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