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<record><TEI><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injuries in Contact Sports</title><author><name sortKey="Hutton, Michael James" sort="Hutton, Michael James" uniqKey="Hutton M" first="Michael James" last="Hutton">Michael James Hutton</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-1"><institution>Department of Spine Surgery, Princess Elisabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Mcguire, Robert A" sort="Mcguire, Robert A" uniqKey="Mcguire R" first="Robert A." last="Mcguire">Robert A. Mcguire</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-2"><institution>Department of Orthopedics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Dunn, Robert" sort="Dunn, Robert" uniqKey="Dunn R" first="Robert" last="Dunn">Robert Dunn</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-3"><institution>Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Williams, Richard" sort="Williams, Richard" uniqKey="Williams R" first="Richard" last="Williams">Richard Williams</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-4"><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Robertson, Peter" sort="Robertson, Peter" uniqKey="Robertson P" first="Peter" last="Robertson">Peter Robertson</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-5"><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Twaddle, Bruce" sort="Twaddle, Bruce" uniqKey="Twaddle B" first="Bruce" last="Twaddle">Bruce Twaddle</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-6"><institution>Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Kiely, Patrick" sort="Kiely, Patrick" uniqKey="Kiely P" first="Patrick" last="Kiely">Patrick Kiely</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-7"><institution>Sports Surgery Clinic, Dublin, Ireland</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Clarke, Andrew" sort="Clarke, Andrew" uniqKey="Clarke A" first="Andrew" last="Clarke">Andrew Clarke</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-8"><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Mazda, Keyvan" sort="Mazda, Keyvan" uniqKey="Mazda K" first="Keyvan" last="Mazda">Keyvan Mazda</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-9"><institution>Pediatric Orthopaedic Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Davies, Paul" sort="Davies, Paul" uniqKey="Davies P" first="Paul" last="Davies">Paul Davies</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-10"><institution>Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Pagarigan, Krystle T" sort="Pagarigan, Krystle T" uniqKey="Pagarigan K" first="Krystle T." last="Pagarigan">Krystle T. Pagarigan</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-11"><institution>Spectrum Research, Inc., Tacoma, Washington, United States</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Dettori, Joseph R" sort="Dettori, Joseph R" uniqKey="Dettori J" first="Joseph R." last="Dettori">Joseph R. Dettori</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-11"><institution>Spectrum Research, Inc., Tacoma, Washington, United States</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">27781193</idno><idno type="pmc">5077713</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5077713</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:5077713</idno><idno type="doi">10.1055/s-0036-1586744</idno><date when="2016">2016</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">000097</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">000097</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injuries in Contact Sports</title><author><name sortKey="Hutton, Michael James" sort="Hutton, Michael James" uniqKey="Hutton M" first="Michael James" last="Hutton">Michael James Hutton</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-1"><institution>Department of Spine Surgery, Princess Elisabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Mcguire, Robert A" sort="Mcguire, Robert A" uniqKey="Mcguire R" first="Robert A." last="Mcguire">Robert A. Mcguire</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-2"><institution>Department of Orthopedics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Dunn, Robert" sort="Dunn, Robert" uniqKey="Dunn R" first="Robert" last="Dunn">Robert Dunn</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-3"><institution>Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Williams, Richard" sort="Williams, Richard" uniqKey="Williams R" first="Richard" last="Williams">Richard Williams</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-4"><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Robertson, Peter" sort="Robertson, Peter" uniqKey="Robertson P" first="Peter" last="Robertson">Peter Robertson</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-5"><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Twaddle, Bruce" sort="Twaddle, Bruce" uniqKey="Twaddle B" first="Bruce" last="Twaddle">Bruce Twaddle</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-6"><institution>Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Kiely, Patrick" sort="Kiely, Patrick" uniqKey="Kiely P" first="Patrick" last="Kiely">Patrick Kiely</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-7"><institution>Sports Surgery Clinic, Dublin, Ireland</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Clarke, Andrew" sort="Clarke, Andrew" uniqKey="Clarke A" first="Andrew" last="Clarke">Andrew Clarke</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-8"><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Mazda, Keyvan" sort="Mazda, Keyvan" uniqKey="Mazda K" first="Keyvan" last="Mazda">Keyvan Mazda</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-9"><institution>Pediatric Orthopaedic Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Davies, Paul" sort="Davies, Paul" uniqKey="Davies P" first="Paul" last="Davies">Paul Davies</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-10"><institution>Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Pagarigan, Krystle T" sort="Pagarigan, Krystle T" uniqKey="Pagarigan K" first="Krystle T." last="Pagarigan">Krystle T. Pagarigan</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-11"><institution>Spectrum Research, Inc., Tacoma, Washington, United States</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Dettori, Joseph R" sort="Dettori, Joseph R" uniqKey="Dettori J" first="Joseph R." last="Dettori">Joseph R. Dettori</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="AF1600073-11"><institution>Spectrum Research, Inc., Tacoma, Washington, United States</institution></nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">Global Spine Journal</title><idno type="ISSN">2192-5682</idno><idno type="eISSN">2192-5690</idno><imprint><date when="2016">2016</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Study Design</bold> Systematic review.</p><p><bold>Objectives</bold> To determine the incidence of catastrophic cervical spine injuries (CCSIs) among elite athletes participating in contact team sports and whether the incidence varies depending on the use of protective gear or by player position.</p><p><bold>Methods</bold> Electronic databases and reference lists of key articles published from January 1, 2000, to January 29, 2016, were searched.</p><p><bold>Results</bold> Fourteen studies were included that reported CCSI in rugby (<italic>n</italic> = 10), American football (<italic>n</italic> = 3), and Irish hurling (<italic>n</italic> = 1). Among Rugby Union players, incidence of CCSI was 4.1 per 100,000 player-hours. Among National Football League players, the CCSI rate was 0.6 per 100,000 player-exposures. At the collegiate level, the CCSI rate ranged from 1.1 to 4.7 per 100,000 player-years. Mixed populations of elite and recreational rugby players in four studies report a CCSI rate of 1.4 to 7.2 per 100,000 player-years. In this same population, the scrum accounted for 30 to 51% of total reported CCSIs in Rugby Union versus 0 to 4% in Rugby League. The tackle accounted for 29 to 39% of injuries in Rugby Union and 78 to 100% of injuries in Rugby League. Making a tackle was responsible for 29 to 80% of injuries in American football.</p><p><bold>Conclusion</bold> CCSIs are infrequent among elite athletes. There is insufficient evidence to determine the effect of protective gear (e.g., helmets, padding) on CCSI incidence. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Global Spine J</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Global Spine J</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="doi">10.1055/s-00000177</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Global Spine Journal</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2192-5682</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2192-5690</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Georg Thieme Verlag KG</publisher-name><publisher-loc>Stuttgart · New York</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">27781193</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">5077713</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1055/s-0036-1586744</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1600073</article-id><article-categories><subj-group><subject>EBSJ Special Section: Systematic Review</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injuries in Contact Sports</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Hutton</surname><given-names>Michael James</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-1" ref-type="aff">1</xref><xref rid="CO1600073-1" ref-type="author-notes"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>McGuire</surname><given-names>Robert A.</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-2" ref-type="aff">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dunn</surname><given-names>Robert</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-3" ref-type="aff">3</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Williams</surname><given-names>Richard</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-4" ref-type="aff">4</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Robertson</surname><given-names>Peter</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-5" ref-type="aff">5</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Twaddle</surname><given-names>Bruce</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-6" ref-type="aff">6</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kiely</surname><given-names>Patrick</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-7" ref-type="aff">7</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Clarke</surname><given-names>Andrew</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-8" ref-type="aff">8</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mazda</surname><given-names>Keyvan</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-9" ref-type="aff">9</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Davies</surname><given-names>Paul</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-10" ref-type="aff">10</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pagarigan</surname><given-names>Krystle T.</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-11" ref-type="aff">11</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dettori</surname><given-names>Joseph R.</given-names></name><xref rid="AF1600073-11" ref-type="aff">11</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="AF1600073-1"><label>1</label><institution>Department of Spine Surgery, Princess Elisabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-2"><label>2</label><institution>Department of Orthopedics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-3"><label>3</label><institution>Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-4"><label>4</label><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-5"><label>5</label><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-6"><label>6</label><institution>Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-7"><label>7</label><institution>Sports Surgery Clinic, Dublin, Ireland</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-8"><label>8</label><institution>Department of Orthopaedics, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-9"><label>9</label><institution>Pediatric Orthopaedic Department, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-10"><label>10</label><institution>Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom</institution></aff><aff id="AF1600073-11"><label>11</label><institution>Spectrum Research, Inc., Tacoma, Washington, United States</institution></aff><author-notes><corresp id="CO1600073-1"><bold>Address for correspondence </bold>Michael James Hutton, FRCS (Trauma & Orth.) <institution>Department of Spine Surgery, Princess Elisabeth Orthopaedic Centre</institution><addr-line>Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, Devon</addr-line><country>United Kingdom</country><email>mike.hutton@nhs.net</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>9</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>11</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>6</volume><issue>7</issue><fpage>721</fpage><lpage>734</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>04</day><month>4</month><year>2016</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>21</day><month>6</month><year>2016</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© Thieme Medical Publishers</copyright-statement></permissions><abstract><p><bold>Study Design</bold> Systematic review.</p><p><bold>Objectives</bold> To determine the incidence of catastrophic cervical spine injuries (CCSIs) among elite athletes participating in contact team sports and whether the incidence varies depending on the use of protective gear or by player position.</p><p><bold>Methods</bold> Electronic databases and reference lists of key articles published from January 1, 2000, to January 29, 2016, were searched.</p><p><bold>Results</bold> Fourteen studies were included that reported CCSI in rugby (<italic>n</italic> = 10), American football (<italic>n</italic> = 3), and Irish hurling (<italic>n</italic> = 1). Among Rugby Union players, incidence of CCSI was 4.1 per 100,000 player-hours. Among National Football League players, the CCSI rate was 0.6 per 100,000 player-exposures. At the collegiate level, the CCSI rate ranged from 1.1 to 4.7 per 100,000 player-years. Mixed populations of elite and recreational rugby players in four studies report a CCSI rate of 1.4 to 7.2 per 100,000 player-years. In this same population, the scrum accounted for 30 to 51% of total reported CCSIs in Rugby Union versus 0 to 4% in Rugby League. The tackle accounted for 29 to 39% of injuries in Rugby Union and 78 to 100% of injuries in Rugby League. Making a tackle was responsible for 29 to 80% of injuries in American football.</p><p><bold>Conclusion</bold> CCSIs are infrequent among elite athletes. There is insufficient evidence to determine the effect of protective gear (e.g., helmets, padding) on CCSI incidence. Scrum and tackle in rugby and tackling in American football account for the majority of CCSIs in each respective sport.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><title>Keywords</title><kwd>rugby</kwd><kwd>American football</kwd><kwd>hurling</kwd><kwd>cervical spinal cord injury</kwd><kwd>quadriplegia</kwd><kwd>contact sport</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec sec-type="intro"><title>Introduction</title><p>A catastrophe creates serious and usually sudden damage or suffering. In the context of the cervical spine in elite contact sports, a catastrophe equates to the risk of significant neurologic injury. The consequences of such an injury are vast, with great personal and financial cost.</p><p>Elite contact sports represent a significant business. Players strive to defeat their opponents by skill, strength, and sometimes skullduggery. Within this gladiatorial arena, there comes risk. The training of the players by the coaches, the setting of the rules under inclusion of protective gear by the governing bodies, and the conduct during the game controlled by the referees all serve to reduce injury risk. However, risk cannot be totally eliminated. Natural concerns around the occurrence of such injuries in contact sport have led to calls for the safety of such sports to be improved. In Rugby Union, the Sports Collision Injury Collective—an international group of academics—has recently called for rugby to become a noncontact sport in the under-18 age group.<xref rid="JR1600073-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref></p><p>In general, contact sporting events are the fourth most common cause of spinal cord injury in the United States (behind motor vehicle accidents, violence, and falls) and account for ∼9% of the total injuries in 2014.<xref rid="OR1600073-2" ref-type="bibr">2</xref> Around the world, sporting accidents account for 3 to 28% of spinal cord injuries.<xref rid="JR1600073-3" ref-type="bibr">3</xref> The popularity and type of contact sports played around the world varies enormously.</p><p>Hence, to better understand the magnitude of catastrophic cervical injury among elite athletes participating in contact sport, we sought to answer the following questions:</p><list list-type="order"><list-item><p>What is the incidence of catastrophic cervical spine injuries (CCSIs) among elite athletes participating in contact team sports?</p></list-item><list-item><p>Does the incidence vary depending on whether the elite athlete is protected (shoulder pads and or helmet) or unprotected?</p></list-item><list-item><p>Within a sport, does the incidence vary by positional activity?</p></list-item></list></sec><sec sec-type="materials|methods"><title>Materials and Methods</title><p><bold>Study design:</bold> Systematic review.</p><p><bold>Information sources:</bold> PubMed and Embase were searched for studies published from January 1, 2000 to January 29, 2016, and the bibliographies of the included articles were searched. The search strategy can be found in the online <bold>supplementary material</bold>.</p><p><bold>Inclusion criteria:</bold> (1) elite-level athletes aged 17 years or older in a contact team sport (rugby, American style football, Gaelic football, hurling, ice hockey, soccer, Australian rules football, lacrosse); (2) prospective or retrospective longitudinal design that captures injury event and exposure (number of people and or time at risk); (3) studies providing recent estimates (at least some data reported during or after the year 2000).</p><p><bold>Exclusion criteria:</bold> (1) athletes participating in skiing, wrestling, gymnastics, baseball, swimming, diving, or track and field; (2) noncervical injuries or nonserious or transient cervical injuries; (3) cross-sectional design or study only providing counts; (4) no estimates of incidence during or after the year 2000; (5) recreational play without inclusion of elite athletes—in cases where data from elite and recreational athletes was combined, we included, noting the mixed population.</p><p><bold>Outcomes:</bold> Catastrophic outcomes of cervical spine injury included (1) fatality due to traumatic cervical spinal injury; (2) severe nonfatal traumatic cervical spinal injury causing permanent severe functional disability.</p><p><bold>Data collection process and items:</bold> Data was extracted by a single individual and verified independently by a second using a preestablished data abstraction form. Authors of publications were contacted in cases where data needed confirmation or clarification. The following data items were sought: study design, sport, country, years of data collection, definition of catastrophic injury, data source of injury, data source identifying population at risk, incidence of catastrophic injury, and activity within the sport causing the injury.</p><p><bold>Risk of bias evaluation:</bold> Each study was evaluated for risk of bias using criteria to judge articles on prognosis. These ratings can be found in the online <bold>supplementary material</bold>.</p><p><bold>Analysis and synthesis of results:</bold> The incidence rates were recorded as the number of CCSIs per 100,000 population at risk per year, or per 100,000 player-hours. In some publications, nonpermanent cervical spine injuries were reported alongside permanent injuries. When possible, only permanent injuries were included. However, in some cases it was not always clear whether an injury resulted in permanent neurologic deficit. When this result was unknown, the cases were included and identified as such in the appropriate results table and text. We calculated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) when appropriate (Mid-P method) using the programmable calculator by Rothman et al.<xref rid="BR1600073-4" ref-type="bibr">4</xref></p><p><bold>Overall strength of evidence:</bold> We used the GRADE System to grade the quality of evidence. Details about this system can be found in the online <bold>supplementary material</bold>.</p></sec><sec sec-type="results"><title>Results</title><sec><title>Study Characteristics</title><list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>We identified 14 studies among 16 publications meeting the inclusion criteria (<xref rid="FI1600073-1" ref-type="fig">Fig. 1</xref>). A list of excluded articles can be found in the online <bold>supplementary material</bold>. Among the 14 studies identified, data was presented on three sports: rugby (<italic>n</italic> = 10),<xref rid="JR1600073-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-5" ref-type="bibr">5</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-8" ref-type="bibr">8</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref> American football (<italic>n</italic> = 3),<xref rid="JR1600073-14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-15" ref-type="bibr">15</xref><xref rid="OR1600073-16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref> and Irish hurling (<italic>n</italic> = 1)<xref rid="JR1600073-17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref> (<xref rid="TB1600073-1" ref-type="table">Table 1</xref>). In four rugby studies, data was presented for elite and recreational players together.<xref rid="JR1600073-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref> One rugby study was in professional women rugby players.<xref rid="JR1600073-12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref> We were unable to find studies on CCSIs in Gaelic football, ice hockey, soccer, or lacrosse.</p></list-item></list><fig id="FI1600073-1"><label>Fig. 1</label><caption><p>Flow diagram showing results of literature search.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-1"></graphic></fig><table-wrap id="TB1600073-1"><label>Table 1</label><caption><title>Characteristics of included studies</title></caption><table rules="all"><colgroup align="left" span="6"><col align="left" width="14.12%"></col><col align="left" width="10.44%"></col><col align="left" width="17.0%"></col><col align="left" width="14.78%"></col><col align="left" width="28.46%"></col><col align="left" width="15.2%"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><th valign="bottom" align="left">First author (year), study design</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Sport (years), country</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Injury definition; data source</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Population at risk; data source</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Results</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Results by activity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="6">Elite adult rugby players only</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Bathgate (2002),<xref rid="JR1600073-5" ref-type="bibr">5</xref> prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union (1994–2000), Australia</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in neurologic deficit (n = 0)<xref rid="FN1600073-2" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref>; detailed medical records kept by medical staff</td><td valign="top" align="left">Player-hours from 1994 to 2000; Australian Rugby Union team players (91 matches; 1,820.3 match hours)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Incidence (per 100,000 player-hours) of any catastrophic injury: 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0–135.4)</td><td valign="top" align="left">NR</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Best (2005),<xref rid="JR1600073-7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref> prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union (2003), Australia</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in cervical dislocation (<italic>n</italic> = 1); direct medical collection by team medical officers</td><td valign="top" align="left">Player-hours during 48 matches of the 2003 RWC; 2003 RWC participants (no. players NR, 1,930 match hours)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Incidence (per 100,000 player-hours) of cervical dislocation<xref rid="FN1600073-3" ref-type="table-fn">b</xref>: 51.8 (95% CI: 4.7–241.6)</td><td valign="top" align="left">By activity, 2003: RWC, Rugby Union, scrum 1 (100%)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Brooks (2005),<xref rid="JR1600073-8" ref-type="bibr">8</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-18" ref-type="bibr">18</xref> prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union (2002–2004), United Kingdom</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in neurologic deficit (<italic>n</italic> = 0)<xref rid="FN1600073-4" ref-type="table-fn">c</xref>; direct data collection by medical personnel for each English Premiership Rugby Union club</td><td valign="top" align="left">Player-hours over two seasons; English Premiership Rugby Union players playing two seasons (546 players, 16,782 match hours and 196,409 training hours)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Incidence (per 100,000 player-hours) of any catastrophic injury: match: 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0–14.7); training: 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0–1.3)</td><td valign="top" align="left">NR</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Fuller (2008),<xref rid="JR1600073-10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref> prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union (2007), France</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI = resulting in permanent neurologic deficit (<italic>n</italic> = 0)<xref rid="FN1600073-4" ref-type="table-fn">c</xref>; direct data collection by team physicians or physiotherapists</td><td valign="top" align="left">Player-hours during the 2007 IRB World Cup; 2007 IRB World Cup participants (626 players, 1,920 match hours)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Incidence (per 100,000 player-hours) of any catastrophic injury: 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0–128.3)</td><td valign="top" align="left">NR</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Fuller (2013),<xref rid="JR1600073-11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref> prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union (2011), New Zealand</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in neurologic deficit (<italic>n</italic> = 0)<xref rid="FN1600073-4" ref-type="table-fn">c</xref>; direct data collection by team physicians or physiotherapists</td><td valign="top" align="left">Player-hours during the 2011 IRB World Cup; 2011 IRB World Cup participants (615 players, 1,920 match hours)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Incidence (per 100,000 player-hours) of any catastrophic injury: 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0–128.3)</td><td valign="top" align="left">NR</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Schick (2008),<xref rid="JR1600073-12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref> prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union (2006), Canada</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in quadriplegia (<italic>n</italic> = 0)<xref rid="FN1600073-4" ref-type="table-fn">c</xref>; direct data collection by medical staff</td><td valign="top" align="left">Player-hours during the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup; 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup participants (339 players, 5,551 match hours)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Incidence (per 100,000 player-hours) of any catastrophic injury: 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0–128.3)</td><td valign="top" align="left">NR</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="6">All elite and recreational rugby players</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Berry (2006),<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref> registry</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union or League (1986–2003), Australia</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in complete or incomplete tetraplegia (<italic>n</italic> = 54); ASCIR<xref rid="FN1600073-5" ref-type="table-fn">d</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">No. of players/y; ARU reports (annual no. players ranged from 22,020 to 35,917 over years of study)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Annual incidence (per 100,000 player-years) of tetraplegia: 1986–1991: Rugby Union: 9.2 (95% CI: 4.9–15.7), Rugby League: 2.3 (95% CI: 1.1–4.1); 1995–2003: Rugby Union: 6.8 (95% CI: 4.9–10.7), Rugby League: 1.7 (95% CI: 0.9–2.9)</td><td valign="top" align="left">By activity, 1986–2003<xref rid="FN1600073-6" ref-type="table-fn">e</xref>: Rugby Union, scrum 11 (35%), tackle 9 (29%), maul/ruck 5 (16%), collision/fall 2 (7%), unspecified 4 (13%); Rugby League, scrum 1 (4%), tackle 18 (78%), collision/fall 3 (13%), unspecified 1 (4%)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Bohu (2009),<xref rid="JR1600073-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref> retrospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union (1997–2006), France</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in ASIA A–D (<italic>n</italic> = 37; ≥2,000, <italic>n</italic> = 15; <2,000, <italic>n</italic> = 22) (ASIA A = 73%, B = 11%, C = 14%, D = 3%); insurance company records<xref rid="FN1600073-7" ref-type="table-fn">f</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">No. of players/y; French Rugby Union (no. players ranged from 189,628 to 241,173 over years of study)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Annual incidence<xref rid="FN1600073-8" ref-type="table-fn">g</xref> (per 100,000 player-years) of any catastrophic injury resulting in ASIA A–D: 1997: 2.1; 2002: 0.9; 1998: 3.3; 2003: 1.9; 1999: 2.6; 2004: 1.5; 2000: 1.3; 2005: 1.0; 2001: 1.7; 2006: 1.4 (95% CI: 0.4–3.8)</td><td valign="top" align="left">By activity, 1997–2006: Rugby Union, scrum 19 (51%), ruck, maul, or tackle: 18 (49%)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Brown (2013),<xref rid="JR1600073-9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref> prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Rugby Union (2008–2011), South Africa</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in any permanent catastrophic injury, including death, quadriplegia, or neurologic deficit (some deficit remains) (<italic>n</italic> = 22); direct data collection through the BokSmart program and the Chris Burger/Petro Jackson Player's Fund<xref rid="FN1600073-9" ref-type="table-fn">h</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">No. of participants in the senior age group (older than under-19)/y; estimate from World Rugby Organization (121,663 annual participants)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Annual incidence (per 100,000 player-years) of any catastrophic injury: 4.5 (95% CI: 0.7–8.3); death: 0.6 (95% CI: 0.0–2.0); quadriplegia: 1.9 (95% CI: 0.0–4.3); neurologic deficit: 2.1 (95% CI: 0.0–4.6)</td><td valign="top" align="left">By activity, 2008–2011<xref rid="FN1600073-10" ref-type="table-fn">i</xref>: Rugby Union, any catastrophic injury: scrum 11 (50%), tackle 7 (32%), collision 1 (5%), ruck 2 (9%), unclear 1 (5%)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Carmody (2005)<xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">Adult Rugby Union or League (1997–2002), Australia</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical ASCIR resulting Frankel grade A–E (<italic>n</italic> = NR for adults); hospital records from six specialized spinal cord injury units</td><td valign="top" align="left">No. of registered players/y; Australian Rugby Union and League governing bodies</td><td valign="top" align="left">Annual incidence<xref rid="FN1600073-11" ref-type="table-fn">j</xref> (per 100,000 player-years): 1997–2002: Rugby Union: 7.2 (95% CI: NR); Rugby League: 5.0 (95% CI: NR)</td><td valign="top" align="left">By activity, 1997–2002: Rugby Union, scrum 7 (30%), tackle 9 (39%), maul/ruck 6 (26%), unspecified: 1 (4%); Rugby League, scrum 0 (0%), tackle 10 (100%)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="6">Elite American football players</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Mueller (2012)<xref rid="OR1600073-16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref> and others,<xref rid="JR1600073-19" ref-type="bibr">19</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-20" ref-type="bibr">20</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-21" ref-type="bibr">21</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-22" ref-type="bibr">22</xref><xref rid="FN1600073-12" ref-type="table-fn">k</xref> registry</td><td valign="top" align="left">Football (College) (2000–2012), USA</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in quadriplegia or quadriparesis<xref rid="FN1600073-13" ref-type="table-fn">l</xref> (2000–2012: <italic>n</italic> = 11); NCCSIR<xref rid="FN1600073-14" ref-type="table-fn">m</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">No. of players/y; data source estimate not stated (75,000 annual participants used)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Annual incidence<xref rid="FN1600073-15" ref-type="table-fn">n</xref> (per 100,000 player-years) of quadriparesis/quadriplegia: 1977–2012: 1.4; 1980–1989: 1.7; 1990–1999: 1.2; 2000–2012: 1.1 (95% CI: 0.05–5.8)</td><td valign="top" align="left">By activity, 2000–2012<xref rid="FN1600073-16" ref-type="table-fn">o</xref>: football, making tackle NNR (67.0%), being tackled NNR (10.1%), blocking NNR (4.6%), being blocked NNR (1.2%), other NNR (5.5%), unknown NNR (11.6%)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Boden (2006),<xref rid="JR1600073-14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref> registry</td><td valign="top" align="left">Football (College) (1989–2002), USA</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in any catastrophic injury or quadriplegia (any catastrophic: n = 46; quadriplegia: n = 8)<xref rid="FN1600073-17" ref-type="table-fn">p</xref>; National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research</td><td valign="top" align="left">No. of players/y; National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Junior College Athletic Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and the Christian Colleges (75,000 annual participants used)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Annual incidence (per 100,000 player-years) of any catastrophic injury: 4.7 (95% CI: 3.4–6.1); quadriplegia: 1.1 (95% CI: 0.3–1.4)</td><td valign="top" align="left">By activity, 1989–2012<xref rid="FN1600073-16" ref-type="table-fn">o</xref>: football, quadriplegia: making tackle NNR (79.7%), being tackled NNR (10.1%), blocking NNR (5.8%), other NNR (4.2%)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Mall (2012),<xref rid="JR1600073-15" ref-type="bibr">15</xref> retrospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Football (NFL) (2000–2010), USA</td><td valign="top" align="left">Spinal cord injury (<italic>n</italic> = 14); NFL Sports Injury Monitoring System</td><td valign="top" align="left">Total game (386,688) and practice (1,947,750) exposures, 2000–2010<xref rid="FN1600073-18" ref-type="table-fn">q</xref>; NFL Sports Injury Monitoring System</td><td valign="top" align="left">Annual incidence per 100,000 athlete exposures of any catastrophic injury: 0.60 (95% CI: 0.38–0.91)</td><td valign="top" align="left">By activity, 2000–2010: football, making tackle 4 (28.6%), being tackled 3 (21.4%), blocking 2 (14.3%), being blocked 2 (14.3%), other collision 2 (14.3%), unknown 1 (7.1%)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="6">Elite hurling players</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Murphy (2012),<xref rid="JR1600073-17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref> prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">Hurling (2007), Ireland</td><td valign="top" align="left">Catastrophic cervical SCI resulting in permanent neurologic deficit (<italic>n</italic> = 0); direct data collection by chartered physiotherapist or medical doctor</td><td valign="top" align="left">Player-hours during 2007 Irish hurling season; National Hurling League players (127 players, 17,254 match and training hours)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Incidence (per 100,000 player-hours) of any catastrophic injury: 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0–14.3)</td><td valign="top" align="left">NR</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="FN1600073-1"><p>Abbreviations: ARU, Australian Rugby Union; ASCIR, Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register; ASIA, American Spinal Injury Association; CI, confidence interval; IRB, International Rugby League; N/A, not applicable; NCCSIR, National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research; NFL, National Football League (USA); NNR, number not reported; NR, not reported; RWC, Rugby World Cup; SCI, spinal cord injury.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-2"><label>a</label><p>No permanent injuries were reported; only two cases of nonserious, temporary cervical cord neuropraxia and brachial neuropraxia.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-3"><label>b</label><p>No mention of spinal cord injury. The overall incidence if this dislocation did not result in permanent spinal cord injury would be 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0 to 127.7) per 100,000 player-hours.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-4"><label>c</label><p>Verified by personal correspondence with corresponding authors on January 25, 2016,<xref rid="JR1600073-12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref> February 1, 2016,<xref rid="JR1600073-8" ref-type="bibr">8</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-18" ref-type="bibr">18</xref> and February 5, 2016.<xref rid="JR1600073-17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref></p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-5"><label>d</label><p>The ASCIR was established in 1995 by the National Injury Surveillance Unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. It collects data from the six Australian spinal units on acute spinal cord injury from all causes in which patient consent is obtained. The ASCIR is audited quarterly by comparison with spinal unit records, and missing data is followed up. Due to lack of funding, some cases were missed from 1992 to 1994. Validated against data with two similar studies in Australia in the 1990s based on a review of insurance claims records and a review of medical records.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-6"><label>e</label><p>Years 1992 to 1994 omitted due to likely incompleteness.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-7"><label>f</label><p>Validated against Rugby-Espoir-Solidarité, an association involving rugby players suffering from a disabling injury in rugby.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-8"><label>g</label><p>Population includes junior players as young as 12 years old.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-9"><label>h</label><p>Joint initiative between the South African Rugby Union (<uri xlink:href="http://www.sarugby.co.za">http://www.sarugby.co.za</uri>) and the Chris Burger/Petro Jackson Player's Fund.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-10"><label>i</label><p>Estimated from graph.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-11"><label>j</label><p>Two spinal cord injuries were thoracolumbar in origin, which are included in these incidence rates.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-12"><label>k</label><p>“Others” includes the following studies: Cantu and Mueller (1990)<xref rid="JR1600073-19" ref-type="bibr">19</xref>; Cantu and Mueller (2000)<xref rid="JR1600073-20" ref-type="bibr">20</xref>; Cantu and Mueller (2003)<xref rid="JR1600073-21" ref-type="bibr">21</xref>; Mueller and Cantu (1991).<xref rid="JR1600073-22" ref-type="bibr">22</xref></p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-13"><label>l</label><p>Deaths not included; yearly follow-up not done, thus neurologic status refers to when the athlete is entered into registry.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-14"><label>m</label><p>Data complied with the assistance of college coaches, athletic directors, school administrators, physicians, athletic trainers, executive officers of state and national athletic organizations, sporting goods dealers and manufacturers' representatives, online search engines, and professional associates of the researchers.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-15"><label>n</label><p>Incidence by decade calculated from the numbers in the annual report, Tables 1 and 2.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-16"><label>o</label><p>Proportions of injury by activity given by study for high school and college combined.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-17"><label>p</label><p>Any catastrophe defined by author as spinal column disruption, neve root avulsion, neurologic deficit, or transient neurologic symptoms in at least two extremities.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-18"><label>q</label><p>Game and practice exposures included the following: preseason training camp, four preseason games, games played during the regular 17-week season, and the postseason playoffs. Injuries occurring during individual, off-season training, and extra preseason practices are not included in these exposure counts.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></sec><sec><title>Incidence Rate of Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injury</title><list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>Five studies evaluated catastrophic spine injuries based on time at risk for injury during match competition in male elite Rugby Union players during World Cup or season match play (<xref rid="TB1600073-2" ref-type="table">Table 2</xref>).<xref rid="JR1600073-5" ref-type="bibr">5</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-8" ref-type="bibr">8</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-18" ref-type="bibr">18</xref> There was only one cervical dislocation reported in 24,372 player-hours. There was no indication as to whether the cervical dislocation resulted in permanent spine injury. Assuming the case resulted in a CCSI, the incidence rate would be 4.1 per 100,000 player-hours (95% CI: 0.4 to 19.1). If no permanent spine injury resulted from the dislocation, the 95% CI would be 0.0 to 10.1 per 100,000 player-hours. One additional study reported no CCSI among elite female rugby players at a World Cup event (injury rate 0.0; 95% CI: 0 to 128 per 100,000 player-hours).<xref rid="JR1600073-12" ref-type="bibr">12</xref></p></list-item><list-item><p>Three studies evaluated CCSI in American football, one at the professional level (National Football League [NFL])<xref rid="JR1600073-15" ref-type="bibr">15</xref> and two at the collegiate level.<xref rid="JR1600073-14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref><xref rid="OR1600073-16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref> The incidence of CCSI in the NFL was reported as 0.6 per 100,000 player-exposures (95% CI: 0.4 to 0.9) where a player-exposure represented a session at the preseason training camp or a regular or postseason game. At the collegiate level, the CCSI rate ranged from 1.1 to 4.7 per 100,000 players per year.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Four studies used annual counts in the denominator from mixed populations of elite and recreational rugby players from Australia,<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref> France,<xref rid="JR1600073-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref> and South Africa<xref rid="JR1600073-9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref> (<xref rid="FI1600073-2" ref-type="fig">Fig. 2</xref>). The incidence varied between 1.4 and 7.2 per 100,000 player-years. Berry et al compared the injury rate between Australian Union and League players and found a fourfold increase in the rate of tetraplegia comparing Union with League players (schoolboy and adult elite and recreational players combined), 6.8 versus 1.7 per 100,000 player-years (rate ratio, 4.0; 95% CI: 1.8 to 9.2).<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref> The difference in CCSI rates between Union and League players in a second study of adult elite and recreational rugby players was smaller, 7.2 versus 5.0 per 100,000 player-years (rate ratio, 1.44; 95% CI not reported).</p></list-item><list-item><p>There were no CCSIs in one small study in hurling.<xref rid="JR1600073-17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref></p></list-item></list><table-wrap id="TB1600073-2"><label>Table 2</label><caption><title>Incidence rate of catastrophic cervical spine injury among elite Rugby Union players during match play</title></caption><table rules="all"><colgroup align="left" span="8"><col align="left" width="15.32%"></col><col align="left" width="10.78%"></col><col align="left" width="11.58%"></col><col align="left" width="12.62%"></col><col align="left" width="9.54%"></col><col align="left" width="13.02%"></col><col align="left" width="8.0%"></col><col align="left" width="19.12%"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><th valign="bottom" align="left">Study (year)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Duration</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Country</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Design</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Setting</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Catastrophic injuries</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Hours at risk</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Incidence (95% CI) per 100,000 player-hours</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Bathgate (2002)<xref rid="JR1600073-5" ref-type="bibr">5</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">1994–2000</td><td valign="top" align="left">Australia</td><td valign="top" align="left">Prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">91 matches</td><td valign="top" align="left">0</td><td valign="top" align="right">1,820</td><td valign="top" align="left">0.0 (0.0–135.8)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Brooks (2005)<xref rid="JR1600073-8" ref-type="bibr">8</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-18" ref-type="bibr">18</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">2002–2004</td><td valign="top" align="left">United Kingdom</td><td valign="top" align="left">Prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">2 seasons</td><td valign="top" align="left">0</td><td valign="top" align="right">16,782</td><td valign="top" align="left">0.0 (0.0–14.7)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Best (2005)<xref rid="JR1600073-7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">2003</td><td valign="top" align="left">Australia</td><td valign="top" align="left">Prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">World Cup</td><td valign="top" align="left">1<xref rid="FN1600073-20" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref></td><td valign="top" align="right">1,930</td><td valign="top" align="left">51.8 (4.7–241.6)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Fuller (2008)<xref rid="JR1600073-10" ref-type="bibr">10</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">2007</td><td valign="top" align="left">France</td><td valign="top" align="left">Prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">World Cup</td><td valign="top" align="left">0</td><td valign="top" align="right">1,920</td><td valign="top" align="left">0.0 (0.0–128.3)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Fuller (2013)<xref rid="JR1600073-11" ref-type="bibr">11</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">2011</td><td valign="top" align="left">New Zealand</td><td valign="top" align="left">Prospective</td><td valign="top" align="left">World Cup</td><td valign="top" align="left">0</td><td valign="top" align="right">1,920</td><td valign="top" align="left">0.0 (0.0–128.3)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Overall</td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left">1<xref rid="FN1600073-20" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">24,372</td><td valign="top" align="left">4.1 (0.4–19.1)</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="FN1600073-19"><p>Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-20"><label>a</label><p>Defined as a cervical dislocation, but no mention of spinal cord injury. The overall incidence if this dislocation did not result in permanent spinal cord injury would be 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0 to 10.1) per 100,000 player-hours.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><fig id="FI1600073-2"><label>Fig. 2</label><caption><p>Incidence risk of catastrophic cervical spine injury in a mixed population of elite and recreational rugby players.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-2"></graphic></fig></sec><sec><title>Game Activity Associated with Injury</title><list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>Two studies in Rugby Union<xref rid="JR1600073-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref> and two studies looking at both Rugby Union and Rugby League<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref> identified the game activity in which each injury occurred (<xref rid="TB1600073-3" ref-type="table">Table 3</xref>). Both studies included elite and recreational athletes. In Rugby Union, scrum accounted for 35 to 51% of total reported CCSIs among three studies, which is in sharp contrast to Rugby League, where only 1 CCSI occurred during the scrum across two studies.<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref> Scrum was followed by tackle, which accounted for 29 to 32% of injuries in Rugby Union and 78 to 100% of injuries in Rugby League; then by maul or ruck, which accounted for 9 to 16% of injuries in Rugby Union; then collision or fall, which caused 5 to 7% of injuries in Rugby Union and up to 13% of injuries in Rugby League.</p></list-item><list-item><p>One study in professional football<xref rid="JR1600073-15" ref-type="bibr">15</xref> and two studies in American high school or college football<xref rid="JR1600073-14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref><xref rid="OR1600073-16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-19" ref-type="bibr">19</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-20" ref-type="bibr">20</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-21" ref-type="bibr">21</xref><xref rid="JR1600073-22" ref-type="bibr">22</xref> reported the proportions of CCSI by activity (<xref rid="TB1600073-4" ref-type="table">Table 4</xref>). Making a tackle was responsible for 67 to 80% of injuries, followed by being tackled (10%), blocking (5 to 6%), and being blocked (1%). Other activities accounted for 4 to 6% of injuries, and 12% of injuries were indeterminate in origin.</p></list-item></list><table-wrap id="TB1600073-3"><label>Table 3</label><caption><title>Proportion of catastrophic cervical spine injuries in a mixed population of elite and recreational rugby players by rugby activity</title></caption><table rules="all"><colgroup align="left" span="6"><col align="left" width="25.64%"></col><col align="left" width="15.44%"></col><col align="left" width="15.3%"></col><col align="left" width="14.14%"></col><col align="left" width="12.96%"></col><col align="left" width="16.5%"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><th valign="bottom" align="left">Study (year)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Scrum</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Tackle</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Maul or ruck</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Collision/fall</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Unspecified</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="6">Rugby Union</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Berry (2006)<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref><xref rid="FN1600073-22" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">35% (11/31)</td><td valign="top" align="left">29% (9/31)</td><td valign="top" align="left">16% (5/31)</td><td valign="top" align="left">7% (2/31)</td><td valign="top" align="left">13%<xref rid="FN1600073-22" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref> (4/31)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Brown (2013)<xref rid="JR1600073-9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">50% (11/22)</td><td valign="top" align="left">32% (7/22)</td><td valign="top" align="left">9% (2/22)</td><td valign="top" align="left">5% (1/22)</td><td valign="top" align="left">5%<xref rid="FN1600073-23" ref-type="table-fn">b</xref> (1/22)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Bohu (2009)<xref rid="JR1600073-1" ref-type="bibr">1</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">51% (19/37)</td><td valign="top" align="center" colspan="2">49%<xref rid="FN1600073-24" ref-type="table-fn">c</xref> (18/37)</td><td valign="top" align="left">–</td><td valign="top" align="left">–</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Carmody (2005)<xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref><xref rid="FN1600073-22" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">30% (7/23)</td><td valign="top" align="left">39% (9/23)</td><td valign="top" align="left">26% (6/23)</td><td valign="top" align="left">–</td><td valign="top" align="left">4% (1/23)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="6">Rugby League</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Berry (2006)<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref><xref rid="FN1600073-22" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">4% (1/23)</td><td valign="top" align="left">78% (18/23)</td><td valign="top" align="left">N/A</td><td valign="top" align="left">13% (3/23)</td><td valign="top" align="left">4%<xref rid="FN1600073-22" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref> (1/23)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left">Carmody (2005)<xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref><xref rid="FN1600073-22" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">0% (0/10)</td><td valign="top" align="left">100% (10/10)</td><td valign="top" align="left">0% (0/10)</td><td valign="top" align="left">–</td><td valign="top" align="left">–</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="FN1600073-21"><p>Abbreviation: N/A, not available.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-22"><label>a</label><p>Likely overlap in data between Berry (2006)<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref> and Carmody (2005).<xref rid="JR1600073-13" ref-type="bibr">13</xref></p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-23"><label>b</label><p>Event responsible for injury was “unclear.”</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-24"><label>c</label><p>Comprised of maul, ruck, or tackle.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap><table-wrap id="TB1600073-4"><label>Table 4</label><caption><title>Proportion of catastrophic cervical spine injuries among American football players by activity</title></caption><table rules="all"><colgroup align="left" span="6"><col align="left" width="102.95pt"></col><col align="left" width="60.9pt"></col><col align="left" width="52.2pt"></col><col align="left" width="61.5pt"></col><col align="left" width="56.15pt"></col><col align="left"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><th valign="bottom" align="left">Study (year)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Making tackle (%)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Being tackled (%)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Blocking (%)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Being blocked (%)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Other (%)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left">National Football League (NFL)</td><td valign="top" align="left">29 </td><td valign="top" align="left">21 </td><td valign="top" align="left">14 </td><td valign="top" align="left">14 </td><td valign="top" align="left">21 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="6">Collegiate football</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Mueller (2012)<xref rid="OR1600073-16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">67 </td><td valign="top" align="left">10 </td><td valign="top" align="left">5 </td><td valign="top" align="left">1 </td><td valign="top" align="left">17 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Boden (2006)<xref rid="JR1600073-14" ref-type="bibr">14</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">80 </td><td valign="top" align="left">10 </td><td valign="top" align="left">6 </td><td valign="top" align="left">–</td><td valign="top" align="left">4 </td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap></sec><sec><title>Influence of Protection on Incidence of Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injury</title><list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>No studies were identified evaluating the influence of protective gear (e.g., shoulder pads, helmets) on the incidence of CCSI.</p></list-item></list></sec><sec><title>Evidence Summary</title><p>CCSIs are infrequent among athletes participating in elite-level contact team sports (<xref rid="TB1600073-5" ref-type="table">Table 5</xref>). There is moderate evidence that the rate among elite Rugby Union players is 4.1 per 100,000 player-hours (95% CI: 0.4 to 19.1); among professional American football players (NFL), 0.6 per 100,000 player-hours (95% CI: 0.4 to 0.9); and among collegiate American football players, from 1.1 to 4.7 per 100,000 player-years. Among a mixed population of elite and recreational rugby players, there is low evidence that the rate ranges from 1.4 to 7.2 per 100,000 player-years among Rugby Union and 1.7 to 5.0 per 100,000 player-years for Rugby League. There are no studies directly evaluating the influence of protective gear on the incidence rate of catastrophic cervical injury. Scrum and tackle account for most of the CCSIs in Rugby Union play, tackle in Rugby League play, and making a tackle in collegiate American football. However, the evidence in determining the rate estimates by activity is low.</p><table-wrap id="TB1600073-5"><label>Table 5</label><caption><title>Quality of evidence evaluating catastrophic cervical spine injuries</title></caption><table rules="all"><colgroup align="left" span="8"><col align="left" width="114.55pt"></col><col align="left" width="52.95pt"></col><col align="left" width="68.9pt"></col><col align="left" width="99.45pt"></col><col align="left" width="90.1pt"></col><col align="left" width="86.8pt"></col><col align="left" width="84.55pt"></col><col align="left" width="2.0cm"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><th valign="bottom" align="left">Outcome</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Studies (<italic>n</italic>)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Serious risk of bias</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Serious inconsistency</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Serious indirectness</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Serious imprecision</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Incidence rate (95% CI)</th><th valign="bottom" align="left">Quality</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="8">Key question 1, incidence rate</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="8">Elite athletes only</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Rugby Union (per 100,000 player-hours)</td><td valign="top" align="left">5</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">4.1 (0.4–19.1)<xref rid="FN1600073-26" ref-type="table-fn">a</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">Moderate</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> American NFL football (per 100,000 player-exposures<xref rid="FN1600073-27" ref-type="table-fn">b</xref>)</td><td valign="top" align="left">1</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Unknown</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">0.6 (0.4–0.9)</td><td valign="top" align="left">High</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> American Collegiate football (per 100,000 player-years)</td><td valign="top" align="left">2</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 1.1 (0.05–5.8) to 4.7 (3.4–6.1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Moderate</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="8">Elite and recreational athletes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Rugby Union (per 100,000 player-years)</td><td valign="top" align="left">4</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 1.4 (0.4–3.8) to 7.2 (NR)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Very low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Rugby League (per 100,000 player-years)</td><td valign="top" align="left">2</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Range 1.7 (0.9–2.9) to 5.0 (NR)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Very low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="8">Key question 2, protected versus unprotected</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> No comparisons available</td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left"></td><td valign="top" align="left">No data</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="6">Key question 3, sporting activity associated with CCSI<xref rid="FN1600073-28" ref-type="table-fn">c</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Rugby Union, scrum</td><td valign="top" align="left">4</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 30–51%</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Rugby Union, tackle</td><td valign="top" align="left">3</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)<xref rid="FN1600073-29" ref-type="table-fn">d</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 29–39%</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Rugby Union, maul or ruck</td><td valign="top" align="left">3</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)<xref rid="FN1600073-29" ref-type="table-fn">d</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 9–26%</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Rugby League, scrum</td><td valign="top" align="left">2</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)<xref rid="FN1600073-29" ref-type="table-fn">d</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 0–4%</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> Rugby League, tackle</td><td valign="top" align="left">2</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)<xref rid="FN1600073-29" ref-type="table-fn">d</xref></td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 78–100%</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> American football, making tackle</td><td valign="top" align="left">3</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Unknown</td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 28.6–79.7%</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> American football, being tackled</td><td valign="top" align="left">3</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Unknown</td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 10.1% (NNR) to 21.4% (3/14)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> American football, blocking</td><td valign="top" align="left">3</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Unknown</td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 4.6–14.3%</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> American football, being blocked</td><td valign="top" align="left">2</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">Yes (−1)</td><td valign="top" align="left">No</td><td valign="top" align="left">Unknown</td><td valign="top" align="left">Range: 1.2–14.3%</td><td valign="top" align="left">Low</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><fn id="FN1600073-25"><p>Abbreviations: CCSI, catastrophic cervical spine injury; CI, confidence interval; NFL, National Football League; NNR, number not reported; NR, not reported.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-26"><label>a</label><p>This total rate assumes that the single reported cervical dislocation resulted in a permanent spinal cord injury. If none occurred, the incidence rate would be 0.0 (95% CI: 0.0 to 10.1) per 100,000 player-hours.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-27"><label>b</label><p>A player-exposure was a game or a practice session.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-28"><label>c</label><p>For rugby, all data from studies that included elite and recreational athletes; for football, all data included collegiate level players.</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-29"><label>d</label><p>Downgraded for small sample size.</p></fn></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></sec></sec><sec><title>Illustrative Case</title><sec><title>American Football</title><p>A 19-year-old Division II collegiate defensive back was injured during a practice tackling drill. He had immediate onset of C6 quadriplegia. His injury radiograph revealed a fracture dislocation of the C5–C6 level (<xref rid="FI1600073-3" ref-type="fig">Fig. 3</xref>). The lateral computed tomography scan at the time of injury showed significant compromise of the spinal canal (<xref rid="FI1600073-4" ref-type="fig">Fig. 4</xref>). The immediate postoperative lateral radiograph revealed good realignment and fixation of the C5–C6 fracture dislocation (<xref rid="FI1600073-5" ref-type="fig">Fig. 5</xref>). However, postoperative T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed significant cord injury at the level of the fracture dislocation, and the T2-weighted MRI image revealed injury to the cord extending from C4 to C7 (<xref rid="FI1600073-6" ref-type="fig">Figs. 6</xref> and <xref rid="FI1600073-7" ref-type="fig">7</xref>). The lateral cervical radiograph 1 year postoperatively revealed good healing. At that time, he was functioning as a C7-level quadriplegic (<xref rid="FI1600073-8" ref-type="fig">Fig. 8</xref>).</p><fig id="FI1600073-3"><label>Fig. 3</label><caption><p>Radiograph revealed a fracture dislocation of the C5-C6 level.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-3"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-4"><label>Fig. 4</label><caption><p>Lateral computed tomography scan at the time of injury showed significant compromise of the spinal canal.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-4"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-5"><label>Fig. 5</label><caption><p>Immediate postoperative lateral radiograph reveals good realignment and fixation of the C5-C6 fracture dislocation.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-5"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-6"><label>Fig. 6</label><caption><p>T1-weighted magnetic resonance image (MRI) postoperatively reveals significant cord injury at the level of the fracture dislocation.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-6"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-7"><label>Fig. 7</label><caption><p>T2-weighted MRI reveals injury to the cord extending from C4 to C7.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-7"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-8"><label>Fig. 8</label><caption><p>Lateral cervical radiograph one year postoperatively reveals good healing.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-8"></graphic></fig></sec><sec><title>Rugby</title><p>A 20-year-old professional premiership rugby player was bending down at ruck to pick up the ball at breakdown when the opposition forward came through and kneed him accidentally in the head while the head was in the flexed position. On examination, the patient was found to have a Glasgow Coma Scale rating of 15 with an American Spinal Injury Association Grade B status with a motor score of 8, but some lower extremity sensation. Imaging confirmed a bilateral C5–C6 facet dislocation (<xref rid="FI1600073-9" ref-type="fig">Figs. 9</xref><xref rid="FI1600073-10" ref-type="fig">10</xref><xref rid="FI1600073-11" ref-type="fig">11</xref><xref rid="FI1600073-12" ref-type="fig">12</xref>). After completion of the imaging tests and hemodynamic resuscitation, surgical reduction was planned for the next morning. The patient became increasingly obtunded during the night. Cranial MRI obtained overnight before the planned surgery showed infarcts in the cerebellum and posterior cortex of the right hemisphere (<xref rid="FI1600073-13" ref-type="fig">Fig. 13</xref>). Clinically the patient fell into a deep coma and despite critical care interventions never recovered brain function. He was declared brain-dead several days later without ever having received spine care.</p><fig id="FI1600073-9"><label>Fig. 9</label><caption><p>Lateral cervical spine radiograph confirming bilateral C5–C6 facet dislocation.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-9"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-10"><label>Fig. 10</label><caption><p>(A, B) A prereduction T2-weighted and short tau inversion recovery sequence magnetic resonance imaging with persistent C5–C6 dislocation leading to high-grade cord impingement with cord signal changes and extensive posterior ligamentous injury.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-10"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-11"><label>Fig. 11</label><caption><p>(A, B) Left- and right-sided parasagittal reformatted computed tomography scans confirm bilateral facet dislocation with a left-sided perched facet and a complete dislocation contralaterally.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-11"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-12"><label>Fig. 12</label><caption><p>(A, B) Axial computed tomography and an angiogram show an occluded right-sided vertebral artery from the C5 level rostrally.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-12"></graphic></fig><fig id="FI1600073-13"><label>Fig. 13</label><caption><p>(A, B) Cranial magnetic resonance imaging shows infarcts in cerebellum and posterior cortex of the right hemisphere.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="10-1055-s-0036-1586744-i1600073-13"></graphic></fig></sec></sec><sec sec-type="discussion"><title>Discussion</title><p>Recently, there has been an increased awareness for acute and cumulative head trauma relative to impact sports. The ill effects of repetitive concussive trauma on brain health and its potential association with disorders such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy are being investigated in an unprecedented manner for sports like American football and various forms of rugby, as well as soccer.</p><p>Despite occasional high-profile cervical spinal cord injuries in these particular sports, there has been no major systematic effort to explore the association of high-impact contact, elite-level sports with CCSIs considering variables such as sports type, position, or age group, nor a more detailed consideration of the effect of protective gear and rule changes on prevention or causation of serious cervical spine injuries. Given the proximity of the head and the cervical spine, experts have also started questioning the effect of head trauma on the cervical spine.</p><p>As a foundational study, an international panel of sports medicine and spine surgeon experts who deal with high-impact, elite-level contact sports from eight countries assessed the recent incidence of CCSI in these sports. In addition, the panel attempted to answer whether protective gear had an effect in either preventing or increasing catastrophic cervical injuries. Gear innovations can result in significant decreases in catastrophic injuries when used properly as exemplified by the mandated wear of the head and neck support (HANS) device for all drivers who participate in elite levels of motorsports such as the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) and Formula One. This HANS device locks the head to the body during impact. In the time HANS use has been mandated, there have been no deaths from skull base fractures. Similar results have also been seen with the use of omnidirectional suspension used in motorcycle and bicycle helmets to reduce risk of concussion. The NFL is interested in this technology for use in football helmets.<xref rid="JR1600073-23" ref-type="bibr">23</xref><xref rid="OR1600073-24" ref-type="bibr">24</xref> It is well known that protective gear may induce players to take more risky actions than they would without such equipment. Moreover, those wearing protective gear may use the defensively intended game wear as an offensive impact weapon. The assessment of player position could also allow for some inferences in this regard. In particular, the contrast of American football, with an ever-increasing emphasis on protective gear, and rugby (both Union and League), where protective gear is <italic>de minimis</italic> by intent, also invites a comparison to this end.</p><p>In American football, the antispearing rule was implemented in 1976, which outlawed making a tackle or block by leading with the head or face, essentially using the helmet as a weapon. The antispearing rule reduced the incidence of spine injuries from 20 per year during 1971 through 1975 to 7.2 per year after 1976, and it did not affect the play of the game.<xref rid="JR1600073-21" ref-type="bibr">21</xref> Further attempts at inducing a culture change in American Football are currently underway with the Heads up Football campaign,<xref rid="OR1600073-25" ref-type="bibr">25</xref> but these changes are too recent to allow for meaningful comparisons. Additional insight may be provided by comparing the very different rules governing Rugby League, with its more fluid game and absence of contested scrums (a lockup involving line players of either side during a restart of play from the field), to the more popular Rugby Union, with its strong emphasis on scrums and different rules regarding mauls (pushing the ball forward within a pile of players) and tackles.</p><p>This systematic review revealed that in elite contact team sports, the available body of evidence relating to catastrophic cervical spine literature is mostly limited to rugby and American football. Rugby was further subdivided into its two main rules formats, Rugby Union and Rugby League; for American football, only collegiate leagues organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) offered prospectively gathered data. From the NFL, retrospective data is available only through the tightly controlled NFL Sports Injury Monitoring System.</p><p>Overall, one challenge of any attempt at studying CCSIs is the sporadic occurrence of these injuries in these sports. Although CCSI is devastating for the individuals and their families, rare occurrences like these pose formidable challenges to statistical assessment as they require strict adherence to data gathering and data interpretation.</p><p>We reported the rates of CCSI in a standardized format based on the data either as injuries per 100,000 players/y or injuries per 100,000 player-hours, when possible. In general, we found that collegiate-level American football had a similar CCSI rate (1.1 to 4.7 per 100,000 player-years) compared with a mixed population of elite and recreational athletes playing Rugby League (1.7 per 100,000 player-years). However, a mixed population of elite and recreational athletes playing Rugby Union sustained the highest injury rate (4.5 to 6.8 injuries per 100,000 player-years). We postulate that this result may be related to the contested scrum seen in Rugby Union, which has not been seen in Rugby League since 1997.<xref rid="JR1600073-6" ref-type="bibr">6</xref> Rule changes have been implemented in Rugby Union as recently as the 2013–2014 season in an attempt to prevent this result,<xref rid="JR1600073-26" ref-type="bibr">26</xref> but it remains to be seen if such laws have changed the incidence of catastrophic cervical spinal cord injury. It must be noted that comparing rates across sports needs to be done cautiously, as the exposure time for injury varies between sports. In general, a player-year represents a season, and rugby has more than twice as many games in a season than American football, and each player in rugby at an elite level is likely to see more on-field action than in American football with its alternating three specialized subunits.</p><p>Rugby has to date provided a far more detailed breakdown of specific activities that lead to CCSI compared with American football. Again, the impact of a game-specific element—here exemplified by the scrum in Rugby Union—persistently leads to a higher CCSI rate than in Rugby League. In contrast, Rugby League has a disproportionately higher rate of CCSI related to tackling than Rugby Union. This result again could be interpreted as an effect of the speed with which players in a more free-flowing game can impact and thus injure one another. This observation is underscored by the available retrospective NFL data showing that the act of tackling amounts to 50% of CCSI occurrences. Interestingly, a study with solid data gathering in another speed contact sport—the prehistoric Irish national sport of hurling (which is played with a cupped stick and ball)—has not reported any CCSI, likely due to the absence of open field tackling. The same unpublished observation was made in collegiate-level lacrosse.</p><p>In general, the data available for CCSI in contact sports allows for several observations:</p><list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>With the current limited data available, the two preeminent contact team sports at risk for CCSI are American football and rugby (both Union and League formats).</p></list-item><list-item><p>Protective gear, such as that worn in American football, does not appear to be a preeminent factor in the occurrence of CCSI. However, a more detailed study needs to be done that includes the NFL.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Game-specific actions—such as the contested scrum and the ruck and maul in Rugby Union—persistently seem to be associated with a higher CCSI rate compared with other sports, including American football. Rule changes may lead to a desirable decrease in CCSI, but will alter the character of the game and may affect the public's interest.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Tackling in conjunction with open field speed maneuvers remains a leading threat for CCSI in all of these sports.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Despite the life-changing nature for those affected, CCSI remains surprisingly poorly studied by collegiate and professional American football in contrast to organized rugby, where transparent statistical data collection from high school, university, and national and international databases are the norm. Although relatively rare, the serious impact of CCSI on athletes would seemingly prompt systematic independent reporting of spine injuries associated with organized American football at all levels, including youth-level play, to become mandatory, analogous to currently surging efforts to combat traumatic brain injury. This requirement would finally also allow for a better understanding of the effects of the far more common, more subacute, and less severe neck injuries such as sprains, stingers, burners, minor fractures, cervical spondylosis-related disorders such as disk herniations and stenosis, as well as cord-related diseases such as myelopathy and other neurodegenerative spinal cord ailments.</p></list-item></list></sec><sec sec-type="conclusions"><title>Conclusions</title><list list-type="bullet"><list-item><p> Current evidence, consisting largely of low-quality studies, indicates CCSIs are infrequent among elite athletes in rugby and American football. The majority of the existing literature evaluates CCSI incidence in rugby athletes; more consistent, transparent, and independent data gathering and analysis are needed in other contact sports such as American football, ice hockey, soccer, and lacrosse.</p></list-item><list-item><p>There is insufficient evidence to determine the effect of protective gear (e.g., helmets, padding) on CCSI incidence.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Scrum and tackle in rugby and tackling in American football account for the majority of CCSIs in each respective sport.</p></list-item><list-item><p>More high-quality research, with standardization of injury definitions and reporting methods, is needed to accurately evaluate and compare CCSI incidence within and between sports.</p></list-item></list></sec></body><back><sec><title>Editorial Perspective</title><p>In the context of the recent highly publicized focus on head injuries in contact sports, the <italic>Evidence-Based Spine-Care Journal</italic> (EBSJ) section of <italic>Global Spine Journal</italic> (GSJ) welcomes this contribution by Hutton et al regarding impact sports and severe cervical spine injuries as a timely contribution. Following a number of suggestions, our reviewers enthusiastically endorsed publication of this study as an unprecedented comprehensive comparison study of catastrophic cervical spine injuries in major contact team sports. EBSJ/GSJ shares the surprise of the authors that relatively scant attention has been placed in the peer-reviewed spine literature on cervical spine injuries despite sports being one of the leading injury mechanisms for cord injuries.<xref rid="JR1600073-1a" ref-type="bibr">1</xref> In this preceding article, an international body of recognized sports/spine surgeon experts led by M. Hutton from the United Kingdom performed a thorough review of the available world literature following a formal systematic review approach and condensed findings about catastrophic spine injuries into a common numeric denominator—either a population of 100,000/y or individual player exposure per 100,000 player-hours. This approach also allowed for some unprecedented cross-sports comparisons and further allowed interesting extrapolations regarding the influence of equipment and rules changes on major cervical injury prevention.</p><p>Although at first glance the absolute numbers of catastrophic cervical spine injuries seems to be reassuringly low, the individual adverse impact on players and their families cannot be overstated, as shown in the graphic case examples. The low-appearing incidence of serious spine injuries in the past has likely led to an underestimation of this injury entity and certainly has prevented a more structured approach to injury prevention and acute management in the athletic domain. Because organized sports tend to get more competitive and players tend to get bigger and faster, our understanding of trend changes and intervention strategies created early on need to keep in step with this increasing professionalization of sports at all levels, regardless of gender and age of players. An emerging additional concern arising from this study is the lack of recorded injury statistics relative to practices and moreover formally recorded spine injury rates for organized youth and recreational contact sports leagues. In the big picture, it appears that rugby at all levels and its various codes have recently arrived at a far more comprehensive and transparent system of data collection for all age groups, something that North American organized football and other sports disciplines hopefully will take on as a necessary future foundational aspect of conducting business. Other sports like soccer, ice hockey, and Australian rules football may also be underreporting their actual injury rates in absence of effective sportswide registries. One can only hope that commercial interests do not override the safety and well-being of players, especially when injury prevention measures can be effectively instituted with rule changes.</p><p>A final crucial question arises out of the analogy to the head injury model: if repetitive traumatic brain injuries can be exacerbated by cumulative effects, could the same hold true for the cervical spine? What are the rates of symptomatic cervical spondylosis (i.e., myelopathy, radiculopathy, syrinx formation, demyelination) and is the cervical spinal cord itself susceptible to recurrent concussive trauma in certain at-risk patients? An epidemiologic study of former professional players and their risk exposure to neck surgery, myelopathy, and even diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis might be a worthwhile next step for investigation on the potential ill effects of high impact contact sports on player health.</p><p>In the meanwhile, GSJ and AOSpine congratulate the authors on their data collection from around the world and for their work and hope that the response to their inaugural efforts will lead them to further investigative work in the underexplored realm of sports and spine disorders.</p></sec><ack><title>Acknowledgments</title><p>Analytic support for this work was provided by Spectrum Research, Inc. with funding from AOSpine.</p></ack><fn-group><title>Disclosures</title><fn id="FN1600073-30"><p>Michael James Hutton: Personal fees (DePuy/Synthes); Nonfinancial support (Lindare Medical, NuVasive)</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-31"><p>Robert A. McGuire: Other (President AO North America)</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-32"><p>Robert Dunn: Fellowship/speaker stipend (Medtronic, DePuy/Synthes, AOSpine)</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-33"><p>Richard Williams: none</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-34"><p>Peter Robertson: Consulting (Medtronic, NuVasive)</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-35"><p>Bruce Twaddle: none</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-36"><p>Patrick Kiely: Nonfinancial support (DePuy/Synthes)</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-37"><p>Andrew Clarke: none</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-38"><p>Keyvan Mazda: none</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-39"><p>Paul Davies: none</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-40"><p>Krystle T. Pagarigan: none</p></fn><fn id="FN1600073-41"><p>Joseph R. 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