Are there implications for morphological changes in neck muscles after whiplash injury?

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue , 2011, Pages S205-S210

  Elliott, James M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphometry; MRI; Muscle; Pain; Spine; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WHIPLASH INJURY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84859414125     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182387f57     Document Type: Article

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