PMID- 16284635
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070614
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 1938-162X (Electronic)
IS  - 1062-6050 (Print)
IS  - 1062-6050 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 3
DP  - 2005 Jul-Sep
TI  - A comparison of head movement during back boarding by motorized spine-board and 
      log-roll techniques.
PG  - 162-8
AB  - CONTEXT: In a patient with a potential cervical spine injury, minimizing or 
      eliminating movement at the head and neck during stabilization and transport is 
      paramount because movement can exacerbate the condition. Any equipment or 
      technique creating less movement will allow for a more effective and safe 
      stabilization of an injured patient, reducing the likelihood of movement and 
      potential secondary injury. OBJECTIVE: To compare the amount of head movement 
      created during the log-roll and motorized spine-board (MSB) stabilization 
      techniques. DESIGN: A 2-condition, repeated-measures design. SETTING: Laboratory. 
      PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Thirteen certified athletic trainers, emergency 
      first responders, and emergency medical technicians (6 men, 7 women). 
      INTERVENTION(S): Subjects rotated through 4 positions for the log roll and 2 
      positions for the MSB. Each subject performed 3 trials while maintaining manual, 
      inline stabilization of the model's head for each condition. MAIN OUTCOME 
      MEASURE(S): Three-dimensional head movement was measured and expressed as degrees 
      of motion. RESULTS: The log roll created significantly more motion in the frontal 
      and transverse planes compared with the MSB (P = .001 for both measures). No 
      significant difference was noted for sagittal-plane motion (P = .028). 
      CONCLUSIONS: The MSB created less movement at the head than did the log roll in 2 
      planes of motion and created slightly more motion in 1 plane, although this 
      difference was not significant. The MSB may provide emergency responders with an 
      appropriate alternative method for stabilizing and transporting a supine injured 
      athlete without requiring a log roll.
FAU - Swartz, Erik E
AU  - Swartz EE
AD  - Department of Kinesiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA. 
      eswartz@cisunix.unh.edu
FAU - Nowak, Jennifer
AU  - Nowak J
FAU - Shirley, Chandra
AU  - Shirley C
FAU - Decoster, Laura C
AU  - Decoster LC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Athl Train
JT  - Journal of athletic training
JID - 9301647
PMC - PMC1250254
EDAT- 2005/11/15 09:00
MHDA- 2005/11/15 09:01
PMCR- 2005/07/01
CRDT- 2005/11/15 09:00
PHST- 2005/11/15 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/11/15 09:01 [medline]
PHST- 2005/11/15 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2005/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Athl Train. 2005 Jul-Sep;40(3):162-8.