Patient Mechanisms of Injury in Whiplash-Associated Disorders

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-74

  Yoganandan, Narayan ^a,b   Stemper, Brian D ^a,b   Rao, Raj D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRESS; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 84875812456     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: 15584496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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