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Abstract
An aid for prehospital cervical immobilization was studied radiographically. We applied
the Vertebrace Extrication Collar to ten volunteers and measured cervical movement
in the sagittal plane. Results of mean degrees of flexion-extension and mean percentage
of restricted motion at each level compared favorably with results of earlier studies
using rigid orthoses (the four-poster brace, Cervicothoracic, Somi Brace, and Yale
collar). A second method of analysis, measuring relative motion of vertebral segments
by level, found no flexion displacement in 70% and no extension displacement in 60%
at C5–C6. The Vertebrace Collar proved to be effective in restricting movement of
the cervical vertebrae most often injured following serious trauma.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 10,
1988
Received in revised form:
October 31,
1988
Received:
April 13,
1988
Footnotes
☆Supported by a grant from the Jobst Institute, Inc., Toledo, Ohio.
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© 1990 Published by Elsevier Inc.
