Sports injuries represent a significant public health problem both in financial and human
terms, 9 and the incidence of spinal injuries in sports has increased in many activities. In many …

: Twenty-two patients with C-2 fractures involving the odontoid process were treated by
immobilization in a halo device. Six had associated spinal cord injury (1 complete and 5 …

The aim of this study was to determine whether there have been epidemiologic changes in
acute spinal cord injury. Two groups of patients injured in the same geographic area were …

The role of surgery in the management of acute spinal cord or cauda equina injuries remains
controversial. The present study analyzed ten admission features and three outcome …

Based on epidemiological data from two populations of patients with acute spinal cord
injury (ASCI), three outcome measures were compared to evaluate the effectiveness of …

This study examined the complications and costs of management of patients with acute
spinal cord injury (ASCI) in a regional, multidisciplinary acute spinal cord injury unit (ASCIU). …

This report describes the results achieved in 144 patients with spinal cord injury admitted
during the period 1974 to 1979 to the Acute Spinal Cord Injury Unit of Sunnybrook Medical …

There has been an alarming increase in the number of spinal injuries in hockey players.
Between 1976 and 1983, 42 were reported to the Committee on Prevention of Spinal Injuries …

The authors studied the epidemiologic aspects of acute spinal cord injury in 358 patients
admitted to the Toronto General and Sunnybrook hospitals between 1948 and 1973. The ages …

Results Of the 38 patients with spinal cord injuries due to diving accidents 32 were male;
this sex distribution is very close to that for cord injuries of other causes. However, the divers …