The role of tissue damage in whiplash-associated disorders

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue , 2011, Pages S309-S315

  Curatolo, Michele ^a   Bogduk, Nikolai ^b   Ivancic, Paul C ^c   McLean, Samuel A ^d   Siegmund, Gunter P ^e,f   Winkelstein, Beth A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEA Forensic Engineers and Scientists   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Cervical spine; Facet joint; Nociception; Psychosocial factors; Tissue damage; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; INJURY; NECK PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WHIPLASH INJURY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; WHIPLASH INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84859390922     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318238842a     Document Type: Article

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