The effectiveness of extrication collars tested during the execution of spine-board transfer techniques

Spine Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 619-623

  Del Rossi, Gianluca ^a   Heffernan, Tim P ^b   Horodyski, MaryBeth ^b   Rechtine, Glenn R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical immobilization collar; Cervical instability; Extrication collar; Lift and slide; Log roll

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL COLLAR; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BRACES; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NECK INJURIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 8644278107     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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