Spinal cord injury is a severe and life-threatening complication of trauma [
[1]
]. Until recently, it was obligatory to secure a patient with a suspected cervical
spine trauma by using the cervical collar and by placing the patient on a spinal board
which is equipped with head stabilizers [
2
,
3
,
4
]. However, numerous studies indicate that immobilization of the cervical spine with
a cervical collar may be associated with patient's discomfort due to the exacerbation
of pain. Hauswald et al. [
[5]
] indicated that the risk of neurological injury due to inadequate immobilization
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Publication History
Published online: April 02, 2018
Accepted:
March 29,
2018
Received:
March 29,
2018
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