MRI AND NEUROLOGY IN ACUTE WHIPLASH TRAUMA - NO CORRELATION IN PROSPECTIVE EXAMINATION OF 39 CASES

Authors
PETTERSSON K HILDINGSSON C TOOLANEN G FAGERLUND M BJORNEBRINK J
Citation
K. Pettersson et al., MRI AND NEUROLOGY IN ACUTE WHIPLASH TRAUMA - NO CORRELATION IN PROSPECTIVE EXAMINATION OF 39 CASES, Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica, 65(5), 1994, pp. 525-528
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016470
Volume
65
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
525 - 528
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6470(1994)65:5<525:MANIAW>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
39 consecutive cases of whiplash injury of the neck were examined clin ically and with MRI at a mean of 11 days after trauma. 26 of these sho wed changes on MRI with disc lesions in 25, 10 of which were classifie d as disc herniations, and a muscle lesion in 1 case. All had neck pai n or headache, 29 cases had neurological deficits, mostly sensibility disturbances. 22 of the 26 cases with pathologic MRI findings had neur ological signs, as had 7 of the 10 cases with disc herniation. The rel ationship between the MRI findings and the clinical symptoms and signs was poor.