Spinal accessory nerve palsy as a cause of pain after whiplash injury: Case report

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 321-328

  Bodack, Mark P ^a   Tunkel, Richard S ^b   Marini, Steven G ^a   Nagler, Willibald ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neck pain; Nerve palsy; Spinal accessory nerve; Stretch injury; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NERVE INJURY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PARALYSIS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 17344382247     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(98)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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