Why do not all recover after a whiplash injury?: A hypothesis from an otoneurologic viewpoint

Journal of Whiplash and Related Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 7-23

  Tjell, Carsten ^a   Iglebekk Halling, Wenche ^b   Tenenbaum, Artur ^c  

^a Central Hospital   (Norway)

^b Department of Physiotherapy

^c Health and Workinglife ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Hypothesis; Pain; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID;

BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CELL ACTIVITY; CLOSED KINETIC CHAIN EXERCISE; COGNITION; DIZZINESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK MUSCLE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; VERTIGO; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 34447125862     PISSN: 15332888     EISSN: 15332896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J180v05n02_02     Document Type: Review

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