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A Contusive Model of Unilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using the Infinite Horizon Impactor
Published on: July 24, 2012
[Disability by cervical sprain I and II and the use of neck collar]
Martha Guadalupe Hernández-Sousa1, María Eugenia Sánchez-Avendaño, Annel Solís-Rodríguez
1Unidad de Medicina Familiar 73, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Saltillo, Coahuila, México. mauricioyae@gmail.com.
Background:
cervical sprain or whiplash incidence has high costs in medical care, disabilities and work absences. The aim was to demonstrate that disability days caused by cervical sprain I and II are reduced without the use of neck immobilizer collar (NIC).
Methods:
a transverse study in 100 patients with cervical sprain I and II at the emergency room was evaluated. The use of the collar and disability days was measured. Descriptive statistics were used.
Results:
patients treated with NIC and anti-inflammatory medications (AI) were 68 % of patients and 32 % of patients were treated without NIC and only with AI. The mean work absence was 11.75 days in 86 % of patients, 74.4 % used NIC. Within the patients (14 %) that had no work absence, only 28.6 % used NIC with a χ(2) = 11.63 and a p < 0.001.
Conclusions:
the days of disability and recovery were lower in patients who did not use the collar.
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