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Whiplash Injury: Vehicle, Seat, Occupant and Tissue Responses
Gunter Siegmund, Ph.D., Eng.* is one of the leading research scientists in the field of motor vehicle collision injuries who works out of the School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.…
Traumatic Brain Injury and the Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
The possibility a traumatic brain/head injury with loss of consciousness presents a potential risk factor for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) has now been studied. It had previously been suggested traumatic brain injury created a heightened risk…
Massage Therapy and the Immune Response in Healthy Adults
A team of researchers recently concluded a pilot study evaluating the effects of massage therapy on immune functions of healthy females. The study investigated the premise that massage therapy positively effects the immune system. In…
“Unseen” Cervical Injury From Motor Vehicle Collision Whiplash
One of the enduring challenges to research into whiplash injuries from auto accidents is the fact that available technologies do not permit effective pathoanatomical examination of accident survivors. Autopsy of these patients while the surest…
The Role of Physical Trauma in the Onset of Fibromyalgia
A recently published retrospective research paper addressed the link between physical trauma and fibromyalgia syndrome. The study, “A case-control study examining the role of physical trauma in onset of fibromyalgia syndrome,” was published in Rheumatology…
Medical Malpractice Insurance: Study Challenges Industry’s Explanation
The nation’s insurance companies are advancing a legislative agenda to limit liability for doctors, hospitals, HMOs, nursing homes and drug companies that cause injury. Federal and state lawmakers and regulators (and the general public) are…
Pain Questionnaire Objectifies Subjective Aspects of Injury
Traditionally, objective measurements of neck and back injuries such as palpable spasms, loss of lordotic curve on x-ray and disc protrusions have been thought reliable as “hard evidence” when measuring the extent of traumatic personal…
Predicting Chronic Whiplash in Motor Vehicle Collision
By E. Paul Giersch, Attorney at Law A recently published study by researchers in Ontario offers a clinical decision rule for early prediction of long-term whiplash associated disorder following rear end motor vehicle collisions.* It also…
“Whiplash” Injuries – New Study Shows Significant Long Term Effects
By Adler Giersch PS For years the battle has raged between those who maintain strain/sprain injuries of the type referred to in common parlance as “Whiplash” cause only short term health issues and those who maintain…
Traumatic Head Injury and Long Term Risk of Depression
Of particular concern to care providers evaluating and treating patients injured in auto accidents is the possibility of head injury. Most individuals who sustain a traumatic head injury diagnosed as a mild concussion will experience…
