Nima Derakhshan,Mohammad Reza Zarei,Zahed Malekmohammady,Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar.[J].Chin J Traumatol,2014,17(3):178-179. [doi]
Spinal cord injury in Parkour sport (free running): a rare case report
  
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KeyWord: Spinal cord injuries  Cervical vertebrae  Athletic injuries
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Nima Derakhshan Trauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 
Mohammad Reza Zarei Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Emergency Medicine, Tehran, Iran 
Zahed Malekmohammady Trauma Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery 
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 
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      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.
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