title: Stingers, cervical cord neurapraxia, and stenosis.
abstract: The risk of sustaining a stinger, CCN, or a more serious catastrophic injury to the cervical spine increases with increasing stenosis. The RR of a player sustaining a second stinger or CCN increases exponentially when compared with the risk of a player sustaining an initial stinger or CCN. Intravenous steroids have no role in the management of stingers or CCN. Players who remain symptomatic after a stinger, players with persistently abnormal diagnostic studies after a stinger, and any player who experiences a CCN should be excluded from further participation in contact sports.
authors.affiliation: Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue SL-32, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. Bozothetruth@netscape.net
authors.forename: Frank P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology