Introduction Many commonly held beliefs and practices in jaw and oral-facial pain problems are not supported by scientific evidence. There is also a discrepancy between clinical dental practice... Read More
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Introduction The terms whiplash and acceleration injury to the neck describe an injury mechanism without specifying a pathology.[1,2] Neck sprain assumes a... Read More
Introduction Biomechanical studies of whiplash injury have used human subjects, animals, cadavers, and mathematical models to investigate possible mechanisms of whiplash injury. The insights... Read More
WHIPLASH DEFINED “Whiplash is an acceleration-deceleration mechanism of energy transfer to the neck. It may result from rear-end or side-impact motor vehicle collisions, but can also occur during... Read More
Possible mechanisms The question “Do motor vehicle collisions cause fibromyalgia?” is an important one if only because society provides significant benefits to those who have developed pain and... Read More