RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cervical spine injuries in rugby players
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 735
OP 736
VO 130
IS 6
A1 Sovio, O. M.
A1 Van Peteghem, P. K.
A1 Schweigel, J. F.
YR 1984
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/130/6/735.abstract
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.