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Neuromodulation Center and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Background: Surfer's myelopathy is a rare complication of spinal hyperextension originally described in novice surfers. However, reports from patients practicing different activities had risen.
Aim: To systematically synthesize the epidemiological and clinical evidence on acute hyperextension-induced myelopathy ("Surfer's myelopathy") and propose new diagnostic criteria.
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July 2021
Neuropaediatric Unit, Child Development Centre, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Spinal cord ischaemia is a rare condition in children in which imaging diagnosis can be difficult and treatment guidelines are not well established. We describe a case of a previously healthy 13-year-old girl admitted to the emergency department with an acute flaccid paralysis of the lower limbs, abdominal and dorsal pain, and bladder dysfunction. A few hours earlier, she had been playing on a swing with hyperextension and an arched back position.
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From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University, Washington, DC; and MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC.
We describe the clinical course of a 56-yr-old woman without a significant medical history presenting with nontraumatic paraplegia found to have an infarction of the conus medullaris after intensive lumbar hyperextension exercises. This condition, known as surfer's myelopathy, has been described in multiple case reports that attributed a similar mechanism and presentation. We present a case of surfer's myelopathy associated with weightlifting, which has not been previously reported.
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J Spinal Cord Med
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Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Surfer's myelopathy (SM) is an acute syndrome identified by nontraumatic paraparesis or paraplegia. Though traditionally tied to first-time surfers, the condition encompasses any activity involving hyperextension of the back such as gymnastics, yoga, and Pilates. MEDLINE and Google Scholar literature searches were gathered to identify relevant case reports for determining the etiology, pathogenesis, evaluation, and management of SM.
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J Clin Neurosci
April 2018
University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Lexington, KY, USA. Electronic address:
This article describes a novel setting for a rare nontraumatic spinal cord injury referred to as Surfer's myelopathy. The patient is a 16 year-old female cheerleader who presented following a gymnastics practice where she was repeatedly performing back handsprings. She demonstrated progressively worsening midthoracic back pain and evolving paraplegia and hypesthesia of the lower extremities.
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