In vivo analysis of atlantoaxial motion in individuals immobilized with the halo thoracic vest or philadelphia collar

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 670-679

  Koller, Heiko ^a,c   Zenner, Juliane ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a   Ferraris, Luis ^b   Resch, Herbert ^a   Tauber, Mark ^a   Auffarth, Alexander ^a   Lederer, Stefan ^a   Mayer, Michael ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^c Landeskrankenanstalten Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Halo; Immobilization; In vivo motion; Odontoid fracture; Orthosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; HALO THORACIC VEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; PHILADELPHIA COLLAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; AXIS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOID PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67649409462     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819c40f5     Document Type: Article

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