Cervical Spine Motion During Extrication: A Pilot Study

Spinal immobilization is one of the most commonly performed pre-hospital procedures. Little research has been done on the movement of the neck during immobilization and extrication. In this study we used a sophisticated infrared six-camera motion-capture system (Motion Analysis Corporation, Santa Ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shafer, Jeffrey S, Naunheim, Rosanne S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2009-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3q88x6pg