The prevalence of congenital cervical spinal stenosis in 262 college and high school football players.
Pavlov's ratio is a commonly utilized method for evaluating athletes for cervical stenosis. We evaluated the lateral cervical spine film and determined Pavlov's ratio for 262 college and high school football players. Twenty (7.6%) of these athletes had radiographic evidence of congenital cervical stenosis according to this method. The condition may be more common than expected.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.
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Shanklin
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005538:Football; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D015995:Prevalence; D012574:Schools; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014495:Universities