Damjan H, Turk P R
University Rehabilitation Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Paraplegia. 1995 May;33(5):246-9. doi: 10.1038/sc.1995.56.
Injury of the cervical spine involving the spinal cord such as results from diving into shallow water causes very severe disability. In spite of progress in medical science, results of the treatment and rehabilitation of such patients are not satisfactory. Every effort should be undertaken to give young swimmers, the most frequent victims of diving injuries, proper instructions to prevent spinal cord injury. A broadly conceived national prevention programme, developed under the catch-phrase 'Do Not Jump into the Unknown', has been under way in Slovenia during the past 3 years, and has been promoted in collaboration with the Health Protection Institute of Slovenia. In these years the number of new spinal cord injuries decreased (one-two per year), but it is too early to conclude that this is the result of the prevention activities. But it is obvious that knowledge of this type of injury is now much more widespread.
颈椎损伤累及脊髓，比如跳水入浅水区所导致的损伤，会造成极其严重的残疾。尽管医学取得了进步，但这类患者的治疗和康复效果仍不尽人意。应尽一切努力向年轻游泳者（最常成为跳水损伤的受害者）提供适当指导，以预防脊髓损伤。在过去三年里，斯洛文尼亚一直在开展一项口号为“勿跳入未知水域”的广泛的国家预防计划，并与斯洛文尼亚卫生保护研究所合作进行推广。这些年新的脊髓损伤病例数量有所减少（每年一到两例），但现在就断定这是预防活动的结果还为时过早。不过很明显，现在人们对这类损伤的了解已经广泛得多了。
