title: Spinal cord injury in Parkour sport (free running): a rare case report.
abstract: A 24-year-old male was transferred to the emergency department while being in the state of quadriplegia with a history of performing Parkour sport, which is also called double front flip. Neurological examination revealed that the patient's muscle power was 0/5 at all extremities. The patient did not show any sense of light touch or pain in his extremities. In radiological studies, cervical spine X-ray and CT scan images showed C4-C5 subluxation with bilateral locked facets and spinal cord injury. The results of this very rare case study revealed that exercising Parkour sport without taking into account safety standards could result in irreversible injuries to the cervical spinal cord with fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: Trauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Nima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Derakhshan
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Zarei
authors.forename: Zahed
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Malekmohammady
authors.forename: Vafa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rahimi-Movaghar
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012420:Running / Q000293:injuries*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult