Spinal cord injuries resulting from sport. The Israeli experience

Ohry, A; Rozin, R

doi:10.1038/sc.1982.63

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“…This is similar to the frequency in other countries (Burke, 1977;Frankel et at., 1969;Girard et at., 1980;Griffiths, 1980;Kurtzke, 1975;Ohry and Rozin, 1982;Steinbriick and Paeslack, 1980;Stover and Fine, 1987), and as in most other series diving into shallow water was the commonest cause. The danger of severe injuries associated with the use of trampoline has previously been stressed (Ellis et at., 1960;Krawitz, 1978;Stein briick and Paeslack, 1978), and in Denmark this knowledge resulted in 1981 in the ban on usage of trampolines in schools.…”

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Epidemiology of spinal cord lesions in Denmark

Biering-Sørensen

Pedersen²,

Clausen³

1990

Spinal Cord

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SununaryDenmark has a population of about 5·2 million. The rehabilitation of spinal cord injured (SCI) takes place in two specialised rehabilitation hospitals. The incidence of new traumatic SCI admitted to these hospitals in the period 1975-1984 was 9· 2 per million per year. During this period 92 Danes with non-traumatic and 268 with newly sustained traumatic spinal cord lesions were admitted to the rehabilitation hospital in Hornbeek, which uptake area corresponded to South and East Denmark and Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Among the traumatic SCI 47% were due to traffic accidents, 23% to falls to a level below, 8% to attempted suicides, 6% to shallow water diving, and 6% to sporting accidents. The number of SCI caused by traffic accidents was found to decrease coincidently with the introduction of general speed limits and compulsory seat belt wearing. The male/female ratio was for the traumatic SCI 3-3, which was significantly lower than in the preceding la-year period. 40% of all traumatic SCI were sustained at 15-24 years of age, and 51% had tetraplegia. Traffic accidents gave rise to more cervical, and falls to more caudal lesions. 41 % of the traumatic SCI had an improvement in their neuro logical status after their admission to the neurosurgical department until the dis charge from the rehabilitation hospital. Those with incomplete lesions showed greater improvement than those with complete lesions regardless of the level. Complete cervical lesions had significant better remissions than complete thoracic/lumbar lesions.

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Epidemiology of spinal cord lesions in Denmark

Biering-Sørensen

Pedersen²,

Clausen³

1990

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“…In Israel, air sport accidents are the main cause of SCI, probably because of intensive and extensive military activities in the region. 8 In Australia 10 and South Africa, 9 most of the spinal cord injuries result from the popular sports of the two countries, namely, Australian football and rugby. In Beijing, water sports were the most common cause of SR-related SCIs, followed by gymnastics and ball games.…”

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“…These injuries predominately occur in young adults, [1][2][3][4] and contribute to a high incidence of long-term disability and high morbidity. [5][6][7][8][9][10] They also impose a heavy economic burden on the society. 5,11 An understanding of the pattern of SR-related SCIs is necessary to identify the risk groups in terms of age, gender, type of sports and recreation, and mechanism of injury to improve prevention.…”

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“…5,11 An understanding of the pattern of SR-related SCIs is necessary to identify the risk groups in terms of age, gender, type of sports and recreation, and mechanism of injury to improve prevention. Numerous studies have shown the features of SR-related SCIs [2][3][4][6][7][8][11][12][13][14][15] and proposed measures for their prevention. [14][15][16] In China, however, SR-related SCIs did not receive sufficient attention.…”

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Pattern of sports- and recreation-related spinal cord injuries in Beijing

Sun

et al. 2009

Spinal Cord

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Study design: Retrospective study. Objectives: To determine the characteristics of sports-and recreation-related (SR-related) spinal cord injuries (SCIs) in Beijing. Setting: Beijing, China. Methods: A review of the complete medical records of 57 consecutive SR-related SCI patients referred to four general hospitals and two rehabilitation institutions was carried out. Patients were injured between 1993 and 2006. The variables studied included demography, sports and recreation characteristics, diagnoses and outcome. Results: There were 44 males and 13 females with a ratio of 3.3:1. The mean age was 24.49 ± 11.92 years. In 37 patients (64.9%), water sports was the single most commont cause. Of them, injury because of diving was seen in 34, which constituted 59.6% of the total. Other types of sports and recreation accounted for 35.1%. Level of cord lesion was cervical in 89.5% and thoracic in 10.5% of the injured. The lesion of C4 alone constituted 45.6% of the total. The ratio of complete to incomplete lesion was 1.2:1. In all, two patients died, and one with an injury at the C4 level recovered completely. Of the other 54 survivals, 48 (89%) remained tetraplegic and six remained paraplegic (11%). The main underlying cause was the lack of safety awareness, safety regulations and their implementation. Conclusion: SR-related SCI was most commonly seen among young male adults, predominantly as a result of diving accidents. There was a significant increase in sports injuries, other than those caused by diving, in later years. Successful prevention programs of other countries are being adopted in Beijing in recent years, hence an improvement in safety is expected in the years to come.

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Sports and Recreation Are a Rising Cause of Spinal Cord Injury

Tator¹,

Edmonds²

1986

The Physician and Sportsmedicine

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In brief: Spinal cord injuries related to sports and recreation appear to be increasing in Canada, both absolutely and relative to other causes of spinal injuries. Sports and recreation rose from the third to the second leading cause of spinal injuries treated at two Toronto hospitals between 1948 and 1983, according to an analysis of three series of cases spanning that period. Shallow-water diving was by far the leading contributory activity. Most of the injuries were cervical and most caused complete paralysis below the level of the injury. The results of separate surveys of diving and hockey injuries also are reported. These studies provide an epidemiological base for designing effective prevention programs.

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Spinal cord injuries resulting from sport. The Israeli experience

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Epidemiology of spinal cord lesions in Denmark

Epidemiology of spinal cord lesions in Denmark

Pattern of sports- and recreation-related spinal cord injuries in Beijing

Sports and Recreation Are a Rising Cause of Spinal Cord Injury

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