The clinical presentation of chronic whiplash and the relationship to findings of MRI fatty infiltrates in the cervical extensor musculature: A preliminary investigation

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1371-1378

  Elliott, James ^a,b,c   Sterling, Michele ^a,b   Noteboom, Jon Timothy ^c   Treleaven, Julia ^a   Galloway, Graham ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; MRI; Pain; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSORY ANALYSIS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORISTOMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349686924     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1130-6     Document Type: Article

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