Cervical osteogenic degeneration in Japanese professional wrestlers and its relationship to cervical spine injury.

CONCLUSIONS: AGOL is a peculiar cervical degeneration of Japanese professional wrestlers, especially in aged wrestlers. The AGOL appears to be a biological reaction to reinforce the anterior aspect of the cervical spine of professional wrestlers, who routinely defend themselves in a flexed neck posture against their opponent. The present results suggest that the risk of CSI is not increased by spinal canal stenosis accompanied by AGOL. Further studies are needed to investigate the relationship between the wrestlers' cervical degeneration and the risk of CSI in more detail. PMID: 30239271 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30239271?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - September 21, 2018 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Sasaki M, Asamoto S, Umegaki M, Matsumoto K Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research