Return to play considerations for cervical spine injuries in athletes

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 723-733

  Paulus, Stephen ^a   Kennedy, David J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cord neuropraxia; Cervical fractures; Cervical stenosis; Disc herniation; Return to play; Stingers

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ATHLETE; CERVICAL CORD NEUROPRAXIA; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL STINGER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; RETURN TO PLAY; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CERVICAL SPINE; CONVALESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 84927692259     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2014.06.005     Document Type: Review

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