Neck injuries resulting from motor vehicle collisions (MVC), often referred to as whiplash trauma and injury, often demonstrate little or no evidence of significant tissue damage. In rare instances, however, serious injury to the anterior neck organ injuries can result from such trauma. The present study describes esophageal injury associated with rear-impact collisions, based on a unique case ...

Although traditional headrests are common in most passenger automobiles, they have resulted in only a 20 -30% reduction in whiplash injuries (Nygren 1 985). In response to the limited effectiveness of traditional headrests, automobile manufactures have recently developed more advanced headrests and whiplash prevention mechanisms (Sigi 1 998, and Viano 1 993). The objective of this study was to ...

Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) has been reported as an adult phenomenon. Whiplash injury has classically been described as a cervical soft tissue hyperextension- flexion injury after a trauma such as a rear end impact car crash, contact sport injuries, blows to the head from a falling object or a punch and shaken baby syndrome and is mostly seen in adults . It is important as it may cause ...

Temporomandibular joint dysfunction in whiplash injuries is usual. The author describes the mechanism of this joint dysfunction and the physiopathology of tinnitus and associated balance disorders.

OBJECTIVE To examine the annual incidence of acute whiplash injuries after road traffic crashes in a geographic catchment area in Northern Sweden during the period 2000-2009. DESIGN Descriptive epidemiology determined by prospectively collected data from a defined population. SETTING The study was conducted at a public hospital in Sweden. PARTICIPANTS The population of the hospital's catc...

A new neck injury criterion (IV-NIC) was developed. lt was based on this hypothesis: A neck injury occurs wtien an intervertebral rotation exceeds its physiological limit during whiplash. An instrumented artificial cervical spine, incorporating human quantitative anatomy, kinematics and kinetics, was constructed. Twelve experiments were performed at 3 T1 -accelerations and 4 initial head-headre...

BACKGROUND Previous clinical studies have identified the cervical facet joint, including the capsular ligaments, as sources of pain in whiplash patients. The goal of this study was to determine whether whiplash caused increased capsular ligament laxity by applying quasi-static loading to whiplash-exposed and control capsular ligaments. METHODS A total of 66 capsular ligament specimens (C2/3 t...

OBJECTIVE To measure the 1-year incidence of fibromyalgia in a cohort of acute whiplash-injured participants. METHODS Consecutive acute patients with whiplash were assessed via the 2010 Modified American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for fibromyalgia at 3 months, 6 months and 1 year postinjury. At each of these follow-up points, participants were also examined for recovery from whipl...

Automobile insurance claims were examined to determine the rates of neck injuries in rear-end crashes for vehicles with and without redesigned head restraints, redesigned seats, or both. Results indicate that the improved geometric fit of head restraints observed in many newer vehicle models are reducing the risk of whiplash injury substantially among female drivers (about 37% in the Ford Tauru...