Cervical Spine Fracture With Vertebral Artery Dissection | Zendy

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Cervical Spine Fracture With Vertebral Artery Dissection

Author(s) -

Joshua Halfpap,

Aaron A. Cho,

Michael D. Rosenthal

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.367

H-Index - 121

eISSN - 1938-1344

pISSN - 0190-6011

DOI - 10.2519/jospt.2016.0416

Subject(s) - medicine , cervical spine , magnetic resonance imaging , neck pain , radiology , dissection (medical) , vertebral artery , vertebral artery dissection , radiography , cervical vertebrae , computed tomography , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine

A 51-year-old man presented to a direct-access physical therapy clinic with persistent neck pain for 5 days after a fall in shallow water while surfing. Based on "dangerous mechanism of injury" from the Canadian cervical spine rule as being a high risk factor, the physical therapist ordered radiographs of the cervical spine, which were suggestive of a more serious injury. Computed tomography suggested and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed vertebral artery dissection. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2016;46(10):929. doi:10.2519/jospt.2016.0416.

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