There is increasing public concern in Canada about the number of hockey injuries in both
amateur and professional leagues. Unfortunately, few data are available.[1–4] This report …

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. 23 In …

Objectives: In this study, we wished to examine the nature and incidence of major spinal
injuries sustained by ice hockey players and to add reported cases to a permanent registry …

A registry, established by the Committee on Prevention of Spinal Cord Injuries Due to
Hockey, of major injuries to the spine or spinal cord sustained while playing ice hockey …

Objective: Measure incidence of spinal injuries in Canadian ice hockey for the 6-year period
2000-2005 and examine trends from 1943 to 2005. Design: Data about spinal injuries with …

Objectives: Study objectives were:(a) to examine the causes and incidence of major spinal
cord injuries sustained by ice hockey players; and (b) to add recently reported Canadian …

Objective: To identify spinal injuries in Canadian ice hockey from 2006 to 2011 and to
discuss data from 1943 to 2011 and impact of injury prevention programs. Design: Data …

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 …

This paper describes 182 cases of spinal injuries in North American ice hockey players
occurring between 1966 and 1991. One hundred and seventy-three injuries occurred in …

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