Solutions
Cervical Spine RTP Criteria - ANSWER✔✔-1. No neurological signs or symptoms
2. Normal or very near normal, pain free range of motion
3. Negative compression testing
4. Normal muscle strength
5. No instability
6. The athlete feels they are ready to RTP
Risk with cervical flexion of 30 degrees - ANSWER✔✔-• loses its flexibility and acts as a
segmented column
• Problem with axial compression
Vertebral Instability - ANSWER✔✔-> 11 degrees of rotation
or
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,> 3.5 mm translation
Torg's Ratio - ANSWER✔✔-< 0.80 (Spinal Canal Width/ Vertebral Body Width) is
stenosis
most common sign of cervical spine fracture or dislocation - ANSWER✔✔-spinal pain
most important view to evaluate cervical spine trauma - ANSWER✔✔-lateral view
neck pain that is increased with cervical spine flexion and extension is associated with...
- ANSWER✔✔-ligamentous instability
most common location for vertebral dislocation - ANSWER✔✔-C5/6
Odontoid Fractures - ANSWER✔✔-Three types (I, II, III)
Atlantoaxial Instability - ANSWER✔✔-RA (25%), Downs Syndrome (40%)
Atlantoaxial Instability: Sports that need screening for at risk populations -
ANSWER✔✔-• Gymnastics
• Diving
• Swimming (Butterfly)
• High Jump
• Pentathalon
• Soccer
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, ADI Ranges - ANSWER✔✔-• Adult Normal = < 3
• Child Normal = < 4
• ADI of 6.5 - 11 is HIGHLY associated with neurological s/s and usually have fusion
flexion teardrop fracture - ANSWER✔✔-unstable flexion fracture
extension teardrop fracture - ANSWER✔✔-stable injury
Bankart's fracture - ANSWER✔✔-• fracture of anterior glenoid associated with anterior
shoulder dislocation
• MOI: external rotation and abduction of shoulder
Barton's fracture - ANSWER✔✔-• distal radius fracture involving the articular surface
with dislocation of the radiocarpal joint
• MOI: FOOSH
Bennett's fracture - ANSWER✔✔-• intra-articular fracture of base of first metacarpal
• MOI: axial load along metacarpal in a partially flexed thumb
Bosworth fracture - ANSWER✔✔-• fracture of distal fibula with posterior dislocation of
the proximal fibula behind the tibia
• MOI: severe external rotation of the foot
Boxer's fracture - ANSWER✔✔-• fracture of distal 1st/2nd metacarpal
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