Cervical spine injuries in athletes: Cervical disk herniations and fractures/ligamentous injuries

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 198-205

  Su, Brian W ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^b  

^a Mt Tam Spine Center   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Cervical spine; Fractures; Ligamentous injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT SPORT; DECISION MAKING; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 78149453336     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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