Motion within the unstable cervical spine during patient maneuvering: The neck pivot-shift phenomenon

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 247-250

  Lador, Ran ^a   Ben Galim, Peleg ^a   Hipp, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL EXTRICATION COLLAR; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOTION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

BRACES; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MOVEMENT; NECK; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 78751630294     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fd0ebf     Document Type: Article

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