Cervical muscle area measurements in acute whiplash patients and controls

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 668-675

  Ulbrich, Erika J ^a,b   Anderson, Suzanne E ^b,c   Busato, Andre ^d   Abderhalden, Susanne ^b,e   Boesch, Chris ^d   Zimmermann, Heinz ^b   Heini, Paul ^b   Hodler, Juerg ^e   Sturzenegger, Matthias ^b  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical extensor muscles; Cross sectional areas (CSAs); MRI; MRI muscle; Symptomatic acute whiplash patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 79952275555     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22446     Document Type: Article

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