The rapid and progressive degeneration of the cervical multifi dus in whiplash: An MRI study of fatty infi ltration

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2015, Pages E694-E700

  Elliott, James M ^a,b   Courtney, Mark ^a   Rademaker, Alfred ^a   Pinto, Daniel ^a   Sterling, Michele M ^b,c   Parrish, Todd B ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Fat; MRI; Muscle; Pain; Post Traumatic stress disorder; Recovery; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHIPLASH INJURY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; ILLINOIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHICAGO; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARASPINAL MUSCLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942568231     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000891     Document Type: Article

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