Comparing cervical spine motion with different halo devices in a cadaveric cervical instability model

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-155

  DiPaola, Christian P ^a   Sawers, Andrew ^b   Conrad, Bryan P ^c   Horodyski, Marybeth ^c   DiPaola, Matthew J ^d   Del Rossi, Gianluca ^e   Rechtine II, Glenn R ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical immobilization; Cervical instability; Cervical orthosis; Conventional halo; Neurologic deterioration; Noninvasive halo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HEAD MOVEMENT; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 64049118222     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181920e7c     Document Type: Article

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