Whiplash: A review of a commonly misunderstood injury

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 651-656

  Eck, Jason C ^a,c   Hodges, Scott D ^b   Humphreys, S Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Foundation for Research   (United States)

^c 916 Cherrywood Apartments ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LORDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE FRACTURE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

HUMANS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0035368539     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00680-5     Document Type: Review

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