Risk of athletes with chiari malformations suffering catastrophic injuries during sports participation is low

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-137

  Meehan, William P ^a   Jordaan, Marc ^a   Prabhu, Sanjay P ^a   Carew, Liz ^a   Mannix, Rebekah C ^a   Proctor, Mark R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; coma; death; paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CONCUSSION; DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FOOTBALL; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCCER; SPORT INJURY; TERMINAL DISEASE; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924527468     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000107     Document Type: Article

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