Persistent pseudomyopia following a whiplash injury in a previously emmetropic woman [PDF]
Purpose: Accommodative spasm, which manifests as ciliary muscle spasm, convergent strabismus or miosis, is a recognised consequence of head trauma. In whiplash cases, cervical spine hyperextension poses a risk of contra-coup injury and brainstem trauma ...
Fintan E. Hughes +3 more
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Minor Head Injury Symptoms and Recovery From Whiplash Injury: A 1-Year Prospective Study [PDF]
Aim: To examine concussion-related disability in neck injuries, the Rivermead Head Injury Follow-Up Questionnaire (RHFUQ) was applied. Furthermore, we wanted to investigate symptoms found in post-concussion syndrome (PCS) and global pain, neck pain ...
Helge Kasch, Luana Leonora Jensen
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The illustrative neuroimaging findings of whiplash injury in a child. [PDF]
Keskin H, Pirimoglu B.
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Clinical efficacy of diazepam after whiplash: a randomized controlled study [PDF]
Aim To investigate the role of short-term diazepam therapy for improving long-term outcomes and reducing neck pain after whiplash injury. Methods A total of 89 patients suffering from whiplash injury were included.
Edin Mešanović +2 more
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A case report of “minor” trauma leading to a major disability: whiplash-associated dysphagia, dysphonia, and dysgeusia [PDF]
“Whiplash”-type injuries are commonly encountered and often cause neck pain, neck stiffness, and headaches. However, these injuries can have rare and poorly recognized complications, such as the development of a prevertebral hematoma leading to acute ...
Ami Schattner, Yair Glick
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Isometric muscle fatigue and NDI values in patients with whiplash injury
Introduction: Whiplash injury is very common trauma after rear end collision in car accidents. Soon after injury, symptoms of whiplash injury lead to disability, mostly because of pain and fatigue of paravertebral muscles.
Pejana Rastović
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Injury of the Spinothalamic Tract Following Whiplash Injury: A Diffusion Tensor Tractography Study
Objectives: Using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT), we demonstrated the spinothalamic tract (STT) injury in patients with central pain following whiplash injury.
Sung Ho Jang, Kyong Kim, You Sung Seo
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Isometric muscle fatigue of the paravertebral and upper extremity muscles after whiplash injury
BACKGROUND: Whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) result from injury of neck structures that most often occur during traffic accidents as a result of rapid acceleration-deceleration.
Pejana Rastovic +6 more
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Background Chronic whiplash leads to considerable patient suffering and substantial societal costs. There are two competing hypothesis on the etiology of chronic whiplash. The traditional organic hypothesis considers chronic whiplash and related symptoms
Myrtveit Solbjørg +3 more
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The Whiplash Disease Reconsidered
The natural course of the whiplash disease is reconsidered in relation to the predominant view of its cause. It is assumed that a whiplash-type trauma is causing an acute tissue injury such as a distortion or sprain in the neck followed by neck pain and ...
Jens Astrup, Finn Gyntelberg
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