A biomechanical comparison between the thoracolumbosacral surface contact area (SCA) of a standard backboard with other rigid immobilization surfaces

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-194

  Kosashvili, Yona ^a,b,c,d   Backstein, David ^b,c   Ziv, Yaron Bar ^b   Safir, Oleg ^c   Blumenfeld, Amir ^a   Mirovsky, Yigal ^a  

^a Trauma Branch   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Orthopaedic Division   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Spinal immobilization; Spinal trauma; Surface contact area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKBOARD; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPLINTING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESSURE; SPINE INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PRESSURE; SPINAL INJURIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 67649196734     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318156835c     Document Type: Article

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