Cervical spinal cord contusion in professional athletes: A case series with implications for return to play

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-323

  Brigham, Craig D ^a   Capo, Jason ^a  

^a ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

athlete cervical spinal cord injury; cervical neurapraxia; postsurgery return to play

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD CONTUSION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; CONTUSION; DECISION MAKING; DYSESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO PLAY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASKETBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874107883     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31827973f6     Document Type: Article

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