Table (E)T-1LegendNeurology /2005/134965
Detailed analysis of sex differences of potential precipitating events
Minor traumas within 4 weeks before the first symptom of cervical artery dissection were classified into nine groups: (A) sports activities (tennis, volleyball, judo, skiing, snowboard, cross-country skiing, sledding, soccer, riding, rollerblading); (B) recreational activities (use of roller coaster, river rafting, bungee jumping, body flying, lumbering, tuba playing); (C) coughing, vomiting or sneezing; (D) extension of neck over a hairdresser’s sink or during visit to the dentist; (E) carrying a heavy burden; (F) forced rotation of head/neck; (G) chiropractor neck manipulation; (H) other neck manipulation (by osteopath, family physician, or physiotherapist); (I) blunt minor head trauma without impaired consciousness.
The overall frequency of minor trauma and the frequencies in each subgroup of minor trauma did not differ between men and women.
Table (E)T-1. Potential precipitating minor traumas
Trauma
/ Men (n=399)n (%) / Women (n=297)
n (%) / P-value
All minor trauma / 76 (19.0) / 42 (14.1) / 0.09
Sports activities (tennis, volleyball, judo, skiing, snowboard, cross-country skiing, sledding, soccer, riding, rollerblading) / 21 (5.3) / 12 (4.0) / 0.91
Recreational activities (use of roller coaster, river rafting, bungee jumping, body flying, lumbering, tuba playing) / 5 (1.3) / 5 (1.7) / 0.32
Coughing, vomiting, sneezing / 5 (1.3) / 1 (0.3) / 0.32
Extension of neck over a hairdresser’s sink or during visit to the dentist / 3 (0.8) / 0 (0) / 0.13
Carrying a heavy burden / 1 (0.3) / 1 (0.3) / 0.67
Forced rotation of head/neck / 7 (1.8) / 3 (1.0) / 0.70
Chiropractor neck manipulation / 6 (1.5) / 3 (1.0) / 0.88
Other neck manipulation
(family physician, osteopath, physiotherapist) / 5 (1.3) / 5 (1.7) / 0.32
Blunt minor head trauma / 23 (5.8) / 12 (4.0) / 0.85
P indicates the probability that the difference between both groups is significant (χ2 test)