DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2015.v03i11.009

Pages: 1042-1044

A 20-year-old female ran after the disc, turned around and jumped to try to catch the disc at a national “Ultimate” sports athletic competition. When she fell, the back of her neck made direct contact with the ground. Immediately after this impact, she showed tetraplegia with dysesthesia at every extremity. On arrival, her vital signs were stable. Whole body computed tomography revealed no traumatic lesions in either the intracranium or cervical bone. Urgent spinal magnetic resonance imaging disclosed no significant lesions at the spinal cord lesion and no compression of the spinal cord by the disc hernia. On the 2nd hospital day, 14 hours after the accident, her motor weakness completely subsided and she felt only mild grade dysesthesia at both hands. She was discharged on foot that day. “Ultimate” has been thought to be easy and safe to play. However, depending on the position of the body when a player drops to the ground after jumping to try to catch the disc, it may result in occurrence of severe neurological trauma.