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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"whiplash injury"”.
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Determination of a Whiplash Injury Severity Estimator (WISE Index) for Occupants in a Motor Vehicle Accident
The diagnosis of a whiplash injury is a very subjective process. A claim of this type of injury is usually made on the basis of pain, which may or may not be accompanied by clinical signs of trauma. This study was aimed at providing a more objective, quantitative approach to identifying the …
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Superficial cervical muscle activation in chronic neck pain
… a proportion of individuals who have suffered a whiplash injury and also in individuals that have not experienced a trauma to the neck. The mechanisms that cause chronic pain are unclear, and whether they differ in traumatic or non-traumatic onset is unknown.<br/><br/>A review of the background …
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Development of Biodynamic Modules for Forensic Applications
… modules have been developed which explore the whiplash injury mechanism, pilot ejection and windblast, and gait analysis. These case studies make use of software entitled MADYMO (MAthematical DYnamic MOdeling). Each case study provides the scene, outcome, details, and instructions for setup of …
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Investigation of head repositioning accuracy as a measure of cervicocephalic kinaesthetic sensibility in patients with chronic neck pain
… patient subgroups (e.g., insidious onset vs ‘whiplash’); 2) development of more sophisticated methods of measuring head movement and repositioning errors; 3) establishing the characteristics of the tests such as method agreement and reliability; 4) comparison of the discriminative value of …
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Zu cervicalen Distorsionsverletzungen und deren Auswirkungen auf posturale Schwankungsmuster
Einleitung & Problemstellung: Beschwerden nach Beschleunigungsverletzungen der Halswirbelsäule sind oft nur unzureichend einzuordnen und diagnostizierbar. Eine eindeutige Diagnostik ist jedoch für eine entsprechende Therapie wie auch möglicherweise entstehende versicherungsrechtliche Forderungen …