Management guidelines for participation in collision activities with congenital, developmental, or postinjury lesions involving the cervical spine.

Objective: Conditions involving the cervical spine in athletes requiring a management decision are numerous. This report presents appropriate guidelines for return to collision activities in those with congenital, developmental, or postinjury lesions.

Data Sources: Information was compiled from > 1,200 cervical spine lesions documented by the National Football Head and Neck Injury Registry and an extensive literature review.

Cervical Spine and Brachial Plexus Injuries: Return-to-Play Recommendations.

Great care is required in managing cervical spine and brachial plexus injuries. Athletes who suffer one or more burners (transient brachial plexus injuries) may return to contact activity when they are asymptomatic and neurologically normal and have full cervical motion. A vertebra displaced horizontally more than 3.

Suggested management guidelines for participation in collision activities with congenital, developmental, or postinjury lesions involving the cervical spine.

Many conditions involving the cervical spine in the athlete require a management decision. The purpose of this paper is to present appropriate guidelines for return to collision activities in those with congenital, developmental, or post-injury lesions. Information compiled from over 1200 cervical spine lesions documented by the National Football Head & Neck Injury Registry, an extensive literature review, as well as an understanding of injury mechanisms have resulted in reasonable management guidelines.

Management guidelines for participation in collision activities with congenital, developmental, or post-injury lesions involving the cervical spine.

We believe that the aforementioned management guidelines for participation in collision activities for individuals with congenital, developmental, or postinjury lesions involving the cervical spine have been formulated on the basis of the best information available to date. It is recognized that modifications may occur as more data are collected. We emphasize that these proposed guidelines should be used in the decision-making process in conjunction with such other factors as age, experience, ability of the individual, level of participation, and position played.

Management guidelines for participation in collision activities with congenital, developmental, or post-injury lesions involving the cervical spine.

Conditions involving the cervical spine in the athlete requiring management decisions are numerous. The purpose of this paper is to present appropriate guidelines for return to collision activities in those with congenital, developmental, or post-injury lesions. Collision activities include boxing, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby and wrestling.