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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Inversion Table Fall Injury, the Phantom Menace: Three Case Reports on Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.

Seung-Hwan Jung, Jong-Moon Hwang, Chul-Hyun Kim

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Seung-Hwan JungDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu 41944, Korea.
Jong-Moon HwangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu 41944, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9807-8783
Chul-Hyun KimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu 41944, Korea.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAn inversion device, which is used to suspend one's body and perform traction therapy, was introduced as an inversion table under the name of "Geokkuri" in South Korea. Fall injuries while hanging on inversion tables are among the most devastating spine injuries, as the likelihood of severe neurological sequelae such as tetraplegia increases. However, its enormous danger has been overlooked and this devastating injury has become a common clinical entity over time. The limited number of studies reported imply the lack of interest of researchers in these injuries. We reviewed three cases of spinal cord injury sustained on inversion tables in different environments and report the potential danger associated with the use of inversion tables to facilitate a safer exercise environment.

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cervical spine injuryexercise equipmentsafety measuretetraplegiatraction

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PMID33922070
PMCPMC8143462

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