title: [Injuries of the thoracic vertebrae in head-first dive into water].
abstract: 116 patients with cervical spine injuries due to water sport accidents treated in eight Austrian institutions from 1991 to 1998 were reviewed retrospectively. There were 93% male, 72% were 15 to 29 years of age. 93% had injuries from diving into swimming pools or into open water. At discharge 58 patients had Frankel A lesions, 39 had incomplete cord lesions Frankel B to D, and 19 patients had no neurological injury. This data suggest that in Austria approximately one person per one million inhabitants per year sustains a spinal cord injury in a diving accident in shallow water.
authors.affiliation: Unfallkrankenhaus Klagenfurt, 9021 Klagenfurt, Osterreich. nikolaus.schwarz@auva.sozvers.at
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nestinger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004242:Diving / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology