Cervical spine injuries in American football

Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 697-708

  Rihn, Jeffrey A ^a   Anderson, David T ^a   Lamb, Kathleen ^b   Deluca, Peter F ^a   Bata, Ahmed ^a   Marchetto, Paul A ^a   Neves, Nuno ^c   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ATHLETE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CAUSALITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 68949213735     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11315190-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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