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Spinal Injuries in Contact Sports
Author(s) -
Joseph B. Wilson,
Robert Zarzour,
Claude T. Moorman
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
current sports medicine reports
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.424
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1537-8918
pISSN - 1537-890X
DOI - 10.1097/01.csmr.0000306519.09925.97
Subject(s) - medicine , football , intervention (counseling) , sports medicine , injury prevention , poison control , neck injury , sports injury , suicide prevention , physical therapy , occupational safety and health , american football , human factors and ergonomics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medical emergency , pathology , psychiatry , political science , law
Contact and collision sports such as American football expose the athlete to a wide array of potential injuries. Knee injuries garner much of the attention, but spinal injuries are potentially catastrophic and all levels of medical coverage of football must be knowledgeable and prepared to attend to an athlete with a neck injury. Of the other possible spinal conditions, some resolve on their own, others might require conservative therapy, and still others might require surgical intervention. The spectrum of potential injury is wide, yet the medical team must practice and prepare to treat the possible catastrophic neck injury.

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