Whiplash Produces an S-Shaped Curvature of the Neck With Hyperextension at Lower Levels
Grauer J, Panjabi M, Cholewicki J, Nibu K, Dvorak J. Whiplash Produces an S-Shaped Curvature of the Neck With Hyperextension at Lower Levels. Spine 1997, 22: 2489-2494. PMID: 9383854, DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711010-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhiplash traumaCervical levelOptotrak motion analysis systemCervical spine levelsLower cervical levelsCadaveric cervical spine specimensUpper cervical levelEntire cervical spineHuman cadaveric cervical spine specimensTrauma classesFull neck extensionCervical spine specimensIntervertebral rotationInjury stageMotion analysis systemC7-T1Cervical spineSuch injuriesBACKGROUND DATASpine levelNeck extensionC6-C7TraumaLow levelsInjury