scholarly journals Whiplash syndrome

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bell ◽  
Antonio Neto
Keyword(s):  
Cephalalgia ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Nebel ◽  
P Stude ◽  
C Lüdecke ◽  
H Wiese ◽  
H-C Diener ◽  
...  

Cervical pain is a prominent symptom in both acute whiplash injury and late whiplash syndrome. However, no systematic analysis of post-traumatic pain development covering several weeks has yet been performed in whiplash patients. It was the aim of the present study to analyse the duration and course of post-traumatic muscle pain due to whiplash injury in a prospective follow-up examination with short investigation intervals. A recovery of initially increased muscle pain after whiplash injury within 1 month was hypothesized. Pressure pain of the splenius and trapezius muscles was recorded using PC-interactive pressure algesimetry. Whiplash patients were investigated during the acute injury stage and after 3, 4, and 6 weeks and compared with matched controls. We found significantly increased pressure pain of the splenius and trapezius muscles in the acute stage of whiplash injury. After 4 weeks patients' scores of pain parameters were comparable to those of healthy control subjects. Within the patient group the first changes of pressure pain were observed within 3 (splenius) and 4 weeks (trapezius). For most patients the recovery dynamics lasted 4-6 weeks. A minority of patients did not show any improvement after 6 weeks. The present study shows that the dynamics of pressure pain due to whiplash injury can be quantified by means of PC-interactive pressure algesimetry. Our results confirm the clinical experience that the acute post-traumatic cervical syndrome normally subsides within weeks.


1971 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Macnab
Keyword(s):  

Spinal Cord ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 741-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
JMS Pearce

The Lancet ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 348 (9020) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D Freeman ◽  
Arthur C Croft

2009 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. G. Kessels ◽  
A. Keyse ◽  
W. I. M. Verhagen ◽  
E. L. J. M. Luijtelaar

1993 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance T. Twomey ◽  
James R. Taylor

Pain ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Koelbaek Johansen ◽  
Thomas Graven-Nielsen ◽  
Anders Schou Olesen ◽  
Lars Arendt-Nielsen

2013 ◽  
Vol 144 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Marini ◽  
Sergio Paduano ◽  
Maria Lavinia Bartolucci ◽  
Francesco Bortolotti ◽  
Giulio Alessandri Bonetti

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