Dizziness and unsteadiness following whiplash injury: Characteristic features and relationship with cervical joint position error

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-43

  Treleaven, Julia ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Sterling, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical dizziness; Mechanoreceptors; Proprioception; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0037276444     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970306109     Document Type: Article

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