Clinical examination is insufficient to rule out thoracolumbar spine injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 174-179

  Inaba, Kenji ^a   Dubose, Joseph J ^b   Barmparas, Galinos ^a   Barbarino, Raffaella ^a   Reddy, Sravanthi ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   Lam, Lydia ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brace; Clinical examination; Clinically significant; Epidemiology; Injury; Neurologic deficit; Pain; Prospective; Tenderness; Thoracolumbar spine; TLSO; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751627539     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d3cc6e     Document Type: Article

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