Effect of ice hockey helmet fit on cervical spine motion during an emergency log roll procedure

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 394-398

  Mihalik, Jason P ^a,b   Beard, Josh R ^a   Petschauer, Meredith A ^a   Prentice, William E ^a   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Cervical spine; Helmet removal; Ice hockey; Inline stabilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EMERGENCY CARE; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICE HOCKEY; LOG ROLL PROCEDURE; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPORT INJURY; ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE; SPORT; STANDARD; SUPINE POSITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOCKEY; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149196694     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31818115e3     Document Type: Article

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