Cervical Spine
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New Study on Response Characteristics of the Cervical Spine
The nature of cervical hyperflexion/hyperextension injuries and their importance in the medical arena and field of highway safety is well documented. Despite the mass of clinical references and increasing numbers of experimental papers in the…
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Organic Basis for the Pain Associated with Soft Tissue Injuries
A recent study published in Spine, “Acute Injuries to Cervical Joints: An Autopsy Study of Neck Sprain,” by J.R. Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., and L.T. Twomey, Ph.D., establishes an organic basis for pain-associated cervical soft tissue…
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Long Term Prognosis of Soft Tissue Injuries of the Neck
“Physical findings after whiplash … are seldom commensurate with the severity of symptoms experienced and the findings are gone months before the symptoms abate.” M. Hohl, M.D., Soft Tissues of the Neck, Clinical Orthopedics and…
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Biomechanics of a Cervical Hyper-extension/flexion Injury
The cervical spine is a very complex structure. An understanding of the mechanisms involved in hyper-extension/flexion injuries requires the patient’s doctor to be familiar with the anatomy of the neck, how acceleration forces impact the…
