Table 3 Return-to-sport rates within six and twelve months and rate of patients having reached their subjective preinjury level of performance after one year depending on injured region of the spine and conservative or surgical therapy, %, (n)
From: Hight return-to-sport rate following traumatic spine injury in amateur athletes
Injured region and therapy | RTS within… | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
six months | twelve months | Reached preinjury level of performance after twelve months | ||||||
Cervical | 100 | (16) | 88 | (14) | 100 | (16) | 63 | (10) |
Conservative | 100 | (4) | 100 | (4) | 100 | (4) | 100 | (4) |
Surgical | 100 | (12) | 83 | (10) | 100 | (12) | 50 | (6) |
Thoracic | 100 | (28) | 54 | (15) | 79 | (22) | 36 | (10) |
Conservative | 100 | (14) | 64 | (9) | 79 | (11) | 43 | (6) |
Surgical | 100 | (14) | 43 | (6) | 79 | (11) | 29 | (4) |
Lumbar | 100 | (36) | 58 | (21) | 78 | (28) | 25 | (9) |
Conservative | 100 | (9) | 67 | (6) | 78 | (7) | 33 | (3) |
Surgical | 100 | (27) | 56 | (15) | 78 | (21) | 22 | (6) |
Multiple | 100 | (14) | 57 | (8) | 71 | (10) | 7 | (1) |
Conservative | 100 | (3) | 67 | (2) | 100 | (3) | 0 | (0) |
Surgical | 100 | (11) | 55 | (6) | 64 | (7) | 9 | (1) |