Incidence and outcome of whiplash injury after multiple trauma

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 776-781

  Giannoudis, Peter V ^a,b   Mehta, Saurabh Sagar ^a   Tsiridis, Eleftherios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fall from height; High energy trauma; High velocity injury; Injury Severity Score; Neck Disability Index; Polytrauma; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 34147122093     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000259223.77957.76     Document Type: Article

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