Spinal injuries in sports in the UK.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
An analysis was made of 150 rugby, trampolining, gymnastics and horse-riding injuries between 1952 and 1985, resulting in severe spinal injury. The individual analyses of the separate sports had been published previously. There are common factors to all these sports. Of those injured 121 had cervical injuries often as a result of participation in sport by young impetuous people, and causes included: inadequate supervision; motivation to attempt tasks beyond their abilities; a mismatch between the abilities of the performer and the task attempted.
Medical subject headings
- Athletic Injuries
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Spinal Injuries
Anatomy
- cervical spine