| Cervical spine injury |
The loss of cervical spine range of motion with associated pain that limited the ability of a player to fully play or train after a 24h period. |
| Training-related cervical spine injury |
An injury that prevented a player’s training activities typically planned for that day for a period of greater than 24h from midnight at the end of the day the injury was sustained. |
| Match-related cervical spine injury |
An injury that prevented a player’s match play activities typically planned for that day for a period of greater than 24h from midnight at the end of the day the injury was sustained |
| Recurrent cervical spine injury |
An injury of the same type and at the same site as an index injury and which occurs after a player’s return to full participation from the index injury |
| Cervical spine facet joint injury (Orchard Code: NJXX) |
Described an injury to the zygapophyseal joint including both its ligamentous capsule, meniscus and cartilage surface. |
| Cervical disc prolapse
(Orchard Code: NCLP) |
These were divided into more serious disc injury where a frank disc bulge confirmed by radiologists may have been identified. |
| Cervical facet joint pain/chronic inflammation
(Orchard Code: (NJPX) |
Described a condition where players that had an inflamed and already degenerative cervical spine whereby poor architecture and osteophytic formation have a low threshold to mild trauma causing pain and joint hypomobility. |
| Cervical disc sprain
(Orchard Code: NCLX) |
A sprain of the disc where fissures and small tears developed from trauma in the outer layers of the annulus fibrosis. |