Whiplash produces an S-shaped curvature of the neck with hyperextension at lower levels

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2489-2494

  Grauer, Jonathan N ^a   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a   Cholewicki, Jacek ^a   Nibu, Kimio ^b   Dvorak, Jiri ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Intervertebral disc; Leukotriene B4; Phospholipase A2; Thromboxane B2; TNF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHIPLASH INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MOTION PICTURES; ROTATION; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0031428994     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711010-00005     Document Type: Article

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