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Preliminary Report

Head-Neck Motion in Prehospital Trauma Patients under Spinal Motion Restriction: A Pilot Study

, MPhil, ACP, , PhD, , MD, FRCPC (EM) & , CAT(C), PhD
Pages 117-124 | Received 29 Sep 2019, Accepted 04 Feb 2020, Published online: 18 Mar 2020

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