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Low rate of serious upper-spine injuries in NCAA football players

Collegiate football players have low rates of serious or disabling injuries of the cervical spine, concludes an analysis of a National Collegiate Athletic Association...

Establishing good data when fame precludes randomisation

Rob Gronkowski, the New England Patriots’ famed tight-end, suffered his third disc herniation in seven years last November, bringing his participation in the 2016...

Two-thirds of NFL players resume careers after surgery in the cervical...

The majority of US National Football League (NFL) players who undergo surgery for a herniated disc in the cervical spine are able to resume...