title: Spinal cord compression following traditional confinement massage.
abstract: We describe a case of tetraparesis in a 33-year-old woman following neck manipulation performed by a traditional confinement mid-wife. An MRI of the cervical spine revealed a fracture of the second cervical vertebra with atlanto-axial subluxation that resulted in cord compression.
authors.affiliation: PPUKM, Jln Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia. rameshsahathevan@gmail.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahathevan
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: A M M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shahizon
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Hamidon
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Raymond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008296:Malaysia; D008405:Massage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*