Degenerative Disease of the Cervical Spine and Its Relationship to Athletes

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-520

  Triantafillou, Konstantinos M ^a   Lauerman, William ^a   Kalantar, S Babak ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Cervical; Degenerative; Neck; Neuropraxia; Spondylosis; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DEGENERATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SPORT INJURY; TRANSIENT NEUROPRAXIA; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861699851     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2012.03.009     Document Type: Review

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