Redigerer Surferlammelse (avsnitt)

== Historie ==
Tilstanden er en relativt ny diagnose.{{trenger referanse}} I 2012 ble det publisert en medisinsk studie bestående av 19 nybegynnersurfe med myelopati, hvor [[Magnetresonanstomografi|MR]]-bilder viste at alle pasientene hadde hyperintensitet fra ryggraden i nedre korsrygg til conus medullaris.<ref name="pmid23152585">{{cite journal|vauthors=Chang CW, Donovan DJ, Liem LK, O'Phelan KH, Green DM, Bassin S, Asai S|title=Surfers' myelopathy: a case series of 19 novice surfers with nontraumatic myelopathy|journal=Neurology|volume=79|issue=22|pages=2171–6|year=2012|pmid=23152585|doi=10.1212/WNL.0b013e31827595cd}}</ref> Enda en studie med 23 pasienter ble publisert i 2013.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nakamoto|first=B. K.|last2=Siu|first2=A. M.|last3=Hashiba|first3=K. A.|last4=Sinclair|first4=B. T.|last5=Baker|first5=B. J.|last6=Gerber|first6=M. S.|last7=McMurtray|first7=A. M.|last8=Pearce|first8=A. M.|last9=Pearce|first9=J. W.|date=2013-12-01|title=Surfer's Myelopathy: A Radiologic Study of 23 Cases|url=http://www.ajnr.org/content/34/12/2393|journal=American Journal of Neuroradiology|language=en|volume=34|issue=12|pages=2393–2398|doi=10.3174/ajnr.A3599|issn=0195-6108|pmc=4326257|pmid=23828111}}</ref>