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Return to contact sports after spinal surgery

Burnett MG, Sonntag VK

Neurosurgical focus, 2006

Abstract

Decisions regarding the return of injured athletes to contact sports after spinal surgery can be complicated. The authors offer a brief overview of the return-to-play guidelines used successfully at their institution for the past two decades when caring for professional and amateur athletes after spinal surgery.

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