title: Cervical spinal cord injury without bony injury.
abstract: Cervical spinal cord injury without demonstrable bony injury occurred in 141 (37%) of 384 successive neck injuries admitted to the Sheffield Spinal Injuries Unit. The condition was common in patients in the older age-groups and there were 70% of the cases who were over the age of 50 years. The commonest cause was a fall. The patients presented with varying degrees of motor paralysis with the greatest deficits in the upper limbs and lesser deficits in the lower limbs. There was a dissociation of impairment of the sensory modalities and a loss of bladder and bowel control.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000473:pathology