Significance of T2 Hyperintensity on Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Cervical Cord Injury and Return to Play in Professional Athletes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-30

  Tempel, Zachary J ^a   Bost, Jeffrey W ^a   Norwig, John A ^b   Maroon, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Steelers Professional Football Club   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cord hyperintensity; Cervical cord injury in athletes; MRI T2 hyperintensity; Neurapraxia; Return to play after cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING T2 HYPERINTENSITY; OSTEOPHYTE; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WRESTLING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; RETURN TO SPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGERY;

ATHLETES; CERVICAL CORD; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETURN TO SPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84931863540     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000728     Document Type: Article

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