Does cervical kyphosis relate to symptoms following whiplash injury?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 378-383

  Johansson, Mats Peter ^a   Baann Liane, Martin Skogheim ^b   Bendix, Tom ^c,d   Kasch, Helge ^e   Kongsted, Alice ^c,f  

^a Private Chiropractic Clinic   (Denmark)

^b Private Chiropractic Clinic   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal curvatures; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL KYPHOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 79958129045     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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