Extracervical symptoms after whiplash trauma.
AUTHORS: Magnusson T
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, City Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
SOURCE: Cephalalgia 1994 Jun;14(3):223-7; discussion 181-2
CITATION IDS: PMID: 7954744 UI: 95042670
ABSTRACT: Thirty-eight patients with late whiplash syndrome were investigated with regard to symptoms which conform with the criteria for other specific diagnoses. All had pain and tender points in the neck and 37 (97.4%) suffered from headache. Seven patients (18.4%) had occipital neuralgia in accordance with the IHS criteria and 16 (42.1%) if the IASP criteria were used. Four patients (10.5%) had oromandibular dysfunction, 20 (52.6%) had periarticular shoulder disorder, and 12 (31.6%) had thoracic outlet syndrome. Five (13.2%) had chronic mechanical low back pain and two (5.3%) segmental instability of the lumbar spine. Four (10.5%) had symptoms concurring with the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. It is concluded that many of the symptoms of patients that suffer from late whiplash syndrome conform with the criteria of other specific diagnoses.
MAIN MESH HEADINGS: Headache/*etiology
Pain/*etiology
Whiplash Injuries/*complications
ADDITIONAL MESH HEADINGS: Adolescence
Adult
Female
Fibromyalgia/etiology
Human
Joint Instability/etiology
Low Back Pain/etiology
Lumbar Vertebrae/injuries
Male
Middle Age
Neuralgia/etiology
Neurologic Examination
Pain Measurement
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/etiology
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome/etiology
Tendinitis/etiology
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome/etiology
Whiplash Injuries/diagnosis
PUBLICATION TYPES: JOURNAL ARTICLE
LANGUAGES: Eng

 

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