PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sovio, O. M.
AU  - Van Peteghem, P. K.
AU  - Schweigel, J. F.
TI  - Cervical spine injuries in rugby players
DP  - 1984 Mar 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 735--736
VI  - 130
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/130/6/735.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/130/6/735.full
SO  - CMAJ1984 Mar 15; 130
AB  - Nine patients with serious cervical spine injuries that occurred while they were playing rugby were seen in a British Columbia acute spinal cord injury unit during the period 1975-82. All the injuries had occurred during the "scrum" or the "tackle". Two of the patients were rendered permanently quadriplegic, and one patient died. There is a need for a central registry that would record all cervical spine injuries in rugby players as well as for changes in the rules of the game.