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cervical sprain
Etiology:
- minor neck trauma, overuse or unaccustomed activity
Clinical manifestations:
- neck pain, worse with movement of head
- aching sensation, generally isolated to neck but may radiate to shoulders or back or head
- limited range of neck motion
- tenderness of paraspinal neck muscles
- no radiation of pain down arms
- no arm weakness or paresthesias
- no cervical spine tenderness
- Spurling test may be positive
General
sprain
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 18,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2018