Increased sagittal plane segmental motion in the lower cervical spine in women with chronic whiplash-associated disorders, Grades I-II: A case-control study using a new measurement protocol

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2215-2221

  Kristjansson, Eythor ^a,d   Leivseth, Gunnar ^b   Brinckmann, Paul ^c   Frobin, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Klin fur Allgemeine Orthopade Labor ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Chronic; Flexion extension radiograph; Rotational motion; Translational motion; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSLATIONAL MOTION; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0141780981     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000089525.59684.49     Document Type: Article

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