Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of craniovertebral ligaments and membranes after whiplash trauma

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2820-2826

  Krakenes, Jostein ^a,b   Kaale, Bertel R ^c  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Firda Medical Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alar ligament; Cervical spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior atlanto occipital membrane; Tectorial membrane; Transverse ligament; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSVERSE LESION; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MECHANICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33751098516     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000245871.15696.1f     Document Type: Review

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