Adult sports-related traumatic spinal injuries: do different activities predispose to certain injuries?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sports injuries are known to present a high risk of spinal trauma. The authors hypothesized that different sports predispose participants to different injuries and injury severities.

Methods

The authors conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of adult patients who experienced a sports-related traumatic spinal injury (TSI), including spinal fractures and spinal cord injuries (SCIs), encoded within the National Trauma Data Bank from 2011 through 2014. Multiple imputation was used for missing data, and multivariable linear and logistic regression models were estimated.

Results

The authors included 12,031 cases of TSI, which represented 15% of all sports-related trauma. The majority of patients with TSI were male (82%), and the median age was 48 years (interqu

SUBMITTER: Hauser BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9751847 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature