"Whiplash Injuries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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D014911
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.700.500
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Whiplash Injuries" by people in Profiles.
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Sheftell FD, Tepper SJ, Lay CL, Bigal ME. Post-traumatic headache: emphasis on chronic types following mild closed head injury. Neurol Sci. 2007 May; 28 Suppl 2:S203-7.
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Sj?lander P, Michaelson P, Jaric S, Djupsj?backa M. Sensorimotor disturbances in chronic neck pain--range of motion, peak velocity, smoothness of movement, and repositioning acuity. Man Ther. 2008 May; 13(2):122-31.
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Slipman CW, Lipetz JS, Plastaras CT, Jackson HB, Yang ST, Meyer AM. Therapeutic zygapophyseal joint injections for headaches emanating from the C2-3 joint. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2001 Mar; 80(3):182-8.
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Friedman D, Flanders A, Thomas C, Millar W. Vertebral artery injury after acute cervical spine trauma: rate of occurrence as detected by MR angiography and assessment of clinical consequences. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1995 Feb; 164(2):443-7; discussion 448-9.
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Mandel S. Minor head injury may not be 'minor'. Postgrad Med. 1989 May 01; 85(6):213-7, 220, 225.
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DePalma AF, Subin DK. Study of the cervical syndrome. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1965 Jan-Feb; 38:135-42.