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whiplash (neck hyperextension)
Etiology:
-> violent injury resulting in an unsupported head moving rapidly backward & forward with hyperextension & hyper- flexion of neck muscles
Pathology:
- does NOT imply any specific pathology
Complications:
- psychological trauma can be significant
- carotid artery dissection
Management:
- patient education & reassurance
- physical therapy of little benefit [4]
- management of carotid artery dissection if indicated
General
neck injury
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- NINDS Whiplash Information Page
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Whiplash-Information-Page
- Lisi AJ
Does More Add Up to Less? A Review of a Guideline on Whiplash
Associated Disorders
decrecated reference - National Guideline Clearinghouse Expert Commentaries 9/13/2010
- Lamb SE et al
Emergency department treatments and physiotherapy for acute
whiplash: a pragmatic, two-step, randomised controlled trial.
The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 18 December 2012
PMID: 23260167
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61304-X/abstract