'Burning hands' in football spinal cord injuries
J. C. Maroon
Central spinal cord injury in two high school football players caused only
complaints of burning paresthesias and dysesthesias in the hands at the
time of injury. Strength was affected only in the upper extremities where
it was slightly reduced. Failure to recognize the relationship of "burning
hands" as a symptom of cord injury can result in injudicious management of
unstable cervical fracture dislocations with disastrous consequences.
