Clinical Case Reports (Jun 2020)

An unusual mechanism of spinal cord injury due to active neck stretching and its functional implications

  • Sami Ullah,
  • Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi,
  • Sherif Samir Tantawy,
  • Yazid Antar AlJaizani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2831
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 6
pp. 1090 – 1093

Abstract

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Abstract Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality is a rare entity and has not been reported to occur secondary to active neck stretching. The case report highlights the possible mechanisms of injury and functional outcomes of multidisciplinary rehabilitation.

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