Motion in the unstable thoracolumbar spine when spine boarding a prone patient

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-57

  Conrad, Bryan P ^a   Marchese, Diana L ^b   Rechtine, Glenn R ^c   Horodyski, MaryBeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bay Pines State VA Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Fracture; Instability; Log roll; Spine; Spine board; Thoracolumbar injury; Transfer techniques; Vertebrae trauma care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MOTION; ROTATION; SPINE BOARDING; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SUPINE POSITION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTION; PRONE POSITION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL DISEASES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84555195455     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772311Y.0000000045     Document Type: Article

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