Cervical collars are insufficient for immobilizing an unstable cervical spine injury

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 513-519

  Horodyski, Mary Beth ^a   Dipaola, Christian P ^b   Conrad, Bryan P ^a   Rechtine II, Glenn R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical collars; cervical injury; immobilization; prehospital care; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL COLLAR; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SKULL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755135511     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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