THE EFFECT OF SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION ON HEALTHY-VOLUNTEERS

被引：86

作者：

CHAN, D

GOLDBERG, R

TASCONE, A

HARMON, S

CHAN, L

机构：

[1] Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles County/ University, Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles

来源：

ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE | 1994年 / 23卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0196-0644(94)70007-9

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Study objective: To determine the effects of standard spinal immobilization on a group of healthy volunteers with respect to induced pain and discomfort. Design: Prospective study. Setting: University teaching hospital. Type of participants: Twenty-one healthy volunteers with no history of back disease. Interventions: Subjects were placed in standard backboard immobilization for a 30-minute period. Number and severity of immediate and delayed symptoms were determined. Measurements and main results: One hundred percent of subjects developed pain within the immediate observation per iod. Occipital headache and sacral, lumbar, and mandibular pain were the most frequent symptoms. Fifty-five percent of subjects graded their symptoms as moderate to severe. Twenty-nine percent of subjects developed additional symptoms over the next 48 hours. Conclusion: Standard spinal immobilization may be a cause of pain in an otherwise healthy subject.

引用

页码：48 / 51

页数：4

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