From railway spine to whiplash - The recycling of nervous irritation

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Ferrari, Robert ^a,c   Shorter, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Chronic pain; Nerve irritation; Psychosomatic; Railway spine; Thoracic outlet syndrome; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NERVOUS IRRITATION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; WHIPLASH INJURY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SPINE; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0345919930     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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