Berge J, Marque B, Vital J M, Sénégas J, Caillé J M
Department of Neuroradiology, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
Am J Sports Med. 1999 Jul-Aug;27(4):422-9. doi: 10.1177/03635465990270040401.
Cervical spine trauma occurs frequently in front-line rugby players. To evaluate the accumulative effects of this trauma, magnetic resonance imaging scans of the cervical spine were performed on 47 rugby players and 40 age-matched control subjects. The aim of this study was to compare the changes in the cervical spine of players at different points in their careers. A study of cervical spine changes, including spinal curve, spinal constituents, posttraumatic deformities, and degenerative modifications, was completed by a study of cervical measurements. Front-line rugby players showed more early degenerative alterations on magnetic resonance imaging scans than did the control subjects of the same age. These changes correlated with age and were probably linked with repetitive cervical trauma throughout the players' careers. Particular attention should be paid to the data confirming cervical spine canal stenosis in front-line players, which may place these athletes at risk for acute neurapraxia while playing this collision sport.
颈椎创伤在一线橄榄球运动员中频繁发生。为评估这种创伤的累积影响，对47名橄榄球运动员和40名年龄匹配的对照受试者进行了颈椎磁共振成像扫描。本研究的目的是比较运动员在其职业生涯不同阶段颈椎的变化。通过颈椎测量完成了一项关于颈椎变化的研究，包括脊柱曲度、脊柱组成部分、创伤后畸形和退行性改变。一线橄榄球运动员在磁共振成像扫描中显示出比同龄对照受试者更多的早期退行性改变。这些变化与年龄相关，可能与运动员职业生涯中反复的颈椎创伤有关。应特别关注证实一线运动员颈椎管狭窄的数据，这可能使这些运动员在进行这种碰撞性运动时面临急性神经失用症的风险。
