Fatty infiltration in the cervical extensor muscles in persistent whiplash-associated disorders: A magnetic resonance imaging analysis

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Elliott, James ^a,b   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Noteboom, Jon Timothy ^b   Darnell, Ross ^a   Galloway, Graham ^a   Gibbon, Wayne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Fat; MRI; Muscle; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33750391501     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000240841.07050.34     Document Type: Article

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