Predicting the risk and severity of acute spinal cord injury after a minor trauma to the cervical spine

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 597-604

  Aebli, Nikolaus ^a,b,c   Rüegg, Tabea B ^a   Wicki, Anina G ^a   Petrou, Nassos ^a   Krebs, Jörg ^a  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Minor trauma; MRI; Spinal canal stenosis; Spinal cord injury; Torg Pavlov ratio

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISC LEVEL CANAL DIAMETER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDVERTEBRAL CANAL DIAMETER; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DIAMETER; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL BODY DIAMETER;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84878776233     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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