Head-turned rear impact causing dynamic cervical intervertebral foramen narrowing: Implications for ganglion and nerve root injury

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 380-387

  Tominaga, Yasuhiro ^b   Maak, Travis G ^b   Ivancic, Paul C ^b   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a   Cunningham, Bryan W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Cervical spine; Ganglion; Intervertebral foramen; Nerve root; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL GANGLION; CERVICAL SPINE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GANGLION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; ACCELERATION; AGED; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE COMPRESSION; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL ROOT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; ORIENTATION; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33646902187     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.5.380     Document Type: Article

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