Central Cord Syndrome in Patients With Klippel-Feil Syndrome Resulting From Winter Sports.

Matsumoto, K., Wakahara, K., Sumi, H., & Shimizu, K. (2006, October). Central Cord Syndrome in Patients With Klippel-Feil Syndrome Resulting From Winter Sports: Report of 3 Cases. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 34(10), 1685-1689. Retrieved March 16, 2008, doi:10.1177/0363546506288017

Bibliographic Annotation:

This scholarly journal discusses an issue in which a patient had crashed and injured his self.  He had fallen and broke several vertebrae in his spinal cord.  From this accident, he became diagnose with central cord syndrome Klippel-Feil Syndrome.  He cannot feel various upper extremities in his body.  Crashing hard and/or landing on your neck can be very bad.  Snowboarding is nothing to mess with, it can be a dangerous sport.