Spinal cord metabolism and muscle water diffusion in whiplash

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 474-476

  Elliott, J M ^a,b,c   Pedler, A R ^b   Cowin, G ^a   Sterling, M ^b   McMahon, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion weighted imaging; MR spectroscopy; pain; whiplash

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CERVICAL MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; NECK MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; WATER; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84861887456     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.17     Document Type: Article

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