Spinal Cord Injuries in Football Players
Posted on September 14th, 2007 by Doc Shazam
There are about 10,000 spinal cord injuries annually in the United States.
About 10%, or 1000, occur in athletes. Catastrophic injury in high school and collegiate athletics is about 2.5 per 100,000 participants. The sports with the highest incidence of cervical (neck) spine injuries are Football, Diving, Wrestling and Gymnastics. Because […]
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