Clinics in neurology and neurosurgery of sport: Asymptomatic cervical canal stenosis and transient quadriparesis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1154-1158

  Davis, G ^a   Ugokwe, K ^b   Roger, E P ^b   Benzel, E C ^b   Cantu, R C ^c   Rogers, M ^d   Dvorak, J ^e   McCrory, P ^f  

^a CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EMERSON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Schultness Klinik   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; DECISION MAKING; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCCER; SPINAL STENOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649091702     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.048264     Document Type: Article

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