TABLE 1.

Study Population Characteristics

Number of cases	100
Age: mean (SD), range, median	12.8 (4.2), 1-17, 14
Sex: female/male, n (%)	44/56 (44/56)
Type of injury: n (%)
Traffic accident	45 (45)
Fall	23 (23)
Contacts sports and gymnastics	14 (14)
Horseback riding	7 (7)
Trampoline	6 (6)
Diving	3 (3)
Hanging	2 (2)
Primarily suspicious spine region: n (%)
Cervical*	82 (82)
Thoracolumbar	18 (18)
Delay from CT to MRI: mean days (SD), range, median	0.8 (1.1), 0-5, 1
Injuries treated with immobilization, n (%)
Surgical fixation (including halo brace)	7 (7)
Rigid cervical collar or thoracic extension brace	36 (36)
Glisson’s traction	6 (6)
No immobilization	51 (51)

^*The field of view of a cervical spine MRI is routinely extended to the level Th4-5 in our department.