Penetrating neck injuries are dangerous and deserve emergency treatment by virtue of the vital structures present underneath. There is a potential risk of unrecognized vascular injury and retained foreign bodies with their associated complications in these wounds. Therefore, an early diagnostic workup to localize the site of injury and an immediate neck exploration are important.

Evaluation of wheelchair headrests in the 1990s showed that commercially available products failed in static FMVSS 202 tests. However, those tests did not evaluate dynamic rear impact neck injury risk for wheelchair users. In this paper baseline testing of the BIORID dummy seated in a surrogate wheelchair subject to IIWPG rear impact tests is presented. Neck hyperextension was observed, and inj...

Neck, being not protected by skeleton, is vulnerable to external trauma and injury which involves blood vessels, trachea, esophagus and other endocrine and nervous system organs. Vascular injuries can not only cause potentially life-threatening hemorrhage but also need profound surgical expertise in management. Development of collateral circulation in neck is well known; however, there is scarc...

Maria Krafft Folksam Research and Karolinska Institute Sweden. Despite a good prognosis for individual victims, AIS 1 neck injuries causing long-term consequences are the most common disability injury in Sweden. This study compares the characteristics of rear impacts causing both shortand long-term disabil ity neck injuries. Real life data from Swedish insurance material during 1 990-1 993 were...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate injury patterns of snowbladers and compare them with those of skiers and snowboarders. To determine possible effects of helmet use in these sports on injury to the head and neck. METHODS This prospective case series observational study was conducted by collecting the injury reports from the ski patrol during the 1999-2000 season at Mont Tremblant ski resort, Quebec. All...

OBJECTIVE To identify those risk factors that have the greatest impact on the incidence of head and neck injuries in international football. METHOD A case-control study of players sustaining head and neck injuries during 20 FIFA tournaments (men and women) from 1998 to 2004. Video recordings of incidents were used to identify a range of parameters associated with the incidents. Team physician...

A part from cervical pains, dizziness is the most common complaint after whiplash injury of the neck. Dizziness was attributed to lesions of the peripheral vestibular organ and the cervical proprioceptive system and to central pathways in the brainstem, the cerebellum, and the hypothalamus. Soft-tissue hemorrhage, swelling and ruptures of neck muscles and ligaments, and brain edema and hemorrha...