Content not quantity is a better measure of muscle degeneration in whiplash

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 578-582

  Elliott, James M ^a,b   Kerry, Roger ^c   Flynn, Timothy ^d   Parrish, Todd B ^a,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Muscle; Pathophysiology; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPACT EVENT SCALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MYALGIA; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TAMPA SCALE OF KINESOPHOBIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

MRI; MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WHIPLASH;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NECK MUSCLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84887019546     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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