TY - JOUR PY - 1984// TI - Cervical injury from skiing JO - International journal of sports medicine A1 - Oh, S. Y. SP - 268 EP - 271 VL - 5 IS - 5 N2 - A retrospective study of 18 patients with cervical spine injuries from skiing accidents is presented. Four patients were treated surgically because of instabilities. Twelve patients had associated head injuries, two of whom were operated on. One patient died from severe craniocervical injury caused by collision with another skier. The causes of the cervical spine injuries are analyzed and the possibilities for preventing them are presented. LA - SN - 0172-4622 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -