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Extracervical symptoms after whiplash trauma. |
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AUTHOR AFFILIATION: |
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation
Medicine, City Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. |
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SOURCE: |
Cephalalgia 1994 Jun;14(3):223-7; discussion
181-2 |
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CITATION IDS: |
PMID: 7954744 UI: 95042670 |
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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. |
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MAIN MESH HEADINGS: |
Headache/*etiology
Pain/*etiology
Whiplash Injuries/*complications |
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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 |
