The impact of the 21st century on rugby injuries

Spinal Cord

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 552-559

  Silver, J R ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

30 years review; Cervical spine; Rugby injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SCINTIGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FITNESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; RUGBY; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOTBALL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0036845891     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101349     Document Type: Review

References (30)

1. Silver JR. Neck injuries: The constant threat to rugger players. General Practitioner 1972; 1: 10-11.
2. Silver JR. Rugby injuries of the spine. In: O'Connell TCJ, (ed). Injuries in Rugby Football and Other Team Sports. Dublin: Irish Rugby Football Union, 1975, pp 110-115.
3. Silver JR, Gibbon NOK. Prognosis in tetraplegia. BMJ 1968; 4: 79-83.
4. Frankel H et al. The value of postural reduction in the initial management of closed injuries of the spine with paraplegia and tetraplegia. Paraplegia 1969; 7: 179-192.
5. Silver JR, Stewart D. The prevention of spinal injuries in rugby football. Paraplegia 1994; 32: 442-453.
6. Silver JR. Injuries of the spine sustained in rugby. BMJ 1984; 288: 37-43.
7. Roaf RA. A study of the mechanics of spinal injuries. Br J Bone Joint Surg 1960; 42: 810-823.
8. Bauze RJ, Ardran GM. Experimental production of forward dislocation in the human cervical spine. Br J Bone Joint Surg 1978; 60: 239-245.
9. Bohlmann HH. Acute fractures and dislocations of the cervical spine: An analysis of three hundred hospitalised patients and review of the literature. Am J Bone Joint Surg 1979; 61-A: 1119-1142.
10. Eismont FJ, Arena MJ, Green BA. Extrusion of an intervertebral disc associated with traumatic subluxation or dislocation of cervical facets: Case report. Am J Bone Joint Surg 1991; 73-A: 1555-1560.
11. Thorburn W. Cases of injury to the cervical region of the spinal cord. Brain 1887; 9: 510-543.
12. Braakman R, Penning L. Injuries of the Cervical Spine. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica, 1971, 168-169.
13. Payne EE, Spillane JD. The cervical spine: An anatomicopathological study of 70 specimens (using a special technique) with particular reference to the problem of cervical spondylosis. Brain 1957; 80: 571-596.
14. Adams CBT, Logue V. Studies in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. II. Observations on the movement and contour of the cervical spine in relation to the neural complications of cervical spondylosis. Brain 1971; 94/3: 568-586.
15. Adams CBT, Logue V. Studies in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. I. Movement of the cervical roots, dura and cord, and their relation to the course taken by the extrathecal roots. Brain 1971; 94/3: 557-568.
16. Adams CBT, Logue V. Studies in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. III. Some functional effects of operations for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Brain 1971; 94/3: 587-594.
17. Murone I. The importance of the sagittal diameters of the cervical spinal canal in relation to spondylosis and myelopathy. Br J Bone Joint Surg 1974; 56/1: 30-36.
18. McMillan BS, Silver JR. Extension injuries of the cervical spine resulting in tetraplegia. Injury 1987; 18: 224-233.
19. Torg JS et al. Neurapraxia of cervical spinal cord with transient quadriplegia. Br J Bone Joint Surg 1986; 68: 1354-1370.
20. Torg JS, Pavlov H. Cervical spine stenosis with cord neurapraxia and transient quadriplegia. Clin Sports Med 1987; 6/1: 115-133.
21. Odor JM et al. Incidence of cervical spinal stenosis in professional and rookie football players. Am J Sports Med 1990; 18/5: 507-509.
22. Herzog RJ et al. Normal cervical spine morphometry and cervical spine stenosis in asymptomatic professional football players: Plain film radiography, multiplanar computer tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Spine 1991; 16 (Suppl 6): 178-186.
23. Cantu RC. Cervical spine stenosis: Challenging an established detection method. Physician Sportsmed 1993; 21/9: 57-65.
24. Torg J et al. Spear tackler spine. Am J Sports Med 1993; 21/5: 640-649.
25. Albright JP et al. Non-fatal cervical spine injuries in interscholastic football. JAMA 1976; 236/11: 1243-1245.
26. Scher AT. Premature onset of degenerative disease of the cervical spine in rugby players. SAMJ 1990; 77: 557-558.
27. Berge J et al. Age-related changes in the cervical spines of front-line rugby players. Am J Sports Med 1999; 27: 422-429.
28. Kleyn PJ. Dislocations of the cervical spine: Closed reduction under anaesthesia. Paraplegia 1984; 22: 271-281.
29. Schneider RC. Head and Neck Injuries in Football: Mechanisms, Treatment, and Prevention. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1973.
30. Garraway WM et al. Impact of professionalism on injuries in rugby union. Br J Sports Med 2000; 34: 348-351.