Clinical characteristics, pain, and disability in relation to alar ligament MRI findings

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Myran, Rigmor ^a   Zwart, John Anker ^a,b   Kvistad, Kjell Arne ^c   Folvik, Mari ^c   Lydersen, Stian ^d   Ro, Magne ^a   Woodhouse, Astrid ^a   Nygaard, Oystein Petter ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

alar ligament; Craniocervical junction; magnetic resonance imaging; whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALAR LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 79957792736     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ff1dde     Document Type: Article

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