CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE: THE CANADIAN C-SPINE RULES After several tests on cervical spondylotic myelopathy, we are going to cover another red flag in the upcoming days: Fractures! In this series, we are going from top to bottom and we will show you different screening tests for different areas of the body. To rule out fractures of the cervical spine, the canadian c-spine rules are with sensitivity ranges from 90-100% and specificity ranges from 1-77% according to Michaleff et al. (2012). Here's

RULING OUT FRACTURES IN THE CERVICAL SPINE: THE CANADIAN C-SPINE RULES Yesterday we talked about screening in the cervical spine. The Canadian C-Spine Rules are a tool that is used in the emergency deparment to rule out fractures and to avoid unnecessary X-rays Michaleff et al. (2012): 90-100% Sensitivity, 1-77% Specificity | Physiotutors