Active range of motion as an indicator for ligament and membrane lesions in the upper cervical spine after a whiplash trauma

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 713-721

  Kaale, Bertel Rune ^a,b,c   Krakenes, Jostein ^b   Albrektsen, Grethe ^b   Wester, Knut ^b,c  

^a Firda Medical Centre   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

AROM; MR; Soft tissue lesion; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RANGE OF NECK MOTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL MEMBRANE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE; STUDENT T TEST; VERTEBRA; WHIPLASH ASSOCIATED DISORDER TYPE 2; WHIPLASH INJURY; AGED; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIGAMENT; MEMBRANE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANES; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL INJURIES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 34249845471     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0193     Document Type: Article

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