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  2. Whiplash (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Spinal cord injuries are responsible for about 6,000 deaths in the US each year and 5,000 whiplash injuries per year result in quadriplegia. [ 55 ] After 12 months, only 1 in 5 patients remain symptomatic, only 11.5% of individuals were able to return to work a year after the injury, and only 35.4% were able to get back to work at a similar ...

  3. Musculoskeletal injury - Wikipedia

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    [16] [2] Whiplash injury, whereby the force causes strain to the capsule and ligaments of the apophyseal joints of the cervical spine. [7] Hyper-flexion is a common mechanism of injury in the cervical spine associated with an anterior compression vector and a posterior distraction vector. [18]

  4. Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte ...

  5. Head restraint - Wikipedia

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    Head restraint in a Lincoln Town Car. Head restraints (also called headrests) are an automotive safety feature, attached or integrated into the top of each seat to limit the rearward movement of the adult occupant's head, relative to the torso, in a collision — to prevent or mitigate whiplash or injury to the cervical vertebrae.

  6. Whiplash injury - Wikipedia

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  7. List of ICD-9 codes 800–999: injury and poisoning - Wikipedia

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    955.3 Injury to radial nerve; 955.4 Injury to musculocutaneous nerve; 955.5 Injury to cutaneous sensory nerve upper limb; 955.6 Injury to digital nerve upper limb; 955.7 Injury to other specified nerve(s) of shoulder girdle and upper limb; 955.8 Injury to multiple nerves of shoulder girdle and upper limb; 955.9 Injury to unspecified nerve of ...

  8. Talk:Whiplash (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A rising percentage of car accidents result in a refund claim based on whiplash. This is partly due to an increased awareness, but it is likely that the difficulty excluding the diagnosis makes it easy to raise false claims. Personal injury claims and awards as a whole have been going down, contrary to what insurance companies say.

  9. Coup contrecoup injury - Wikipedia

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    Closed head injury (coup contrecoup) can damage more than the impact sites on the brain, as axon bundles may be torn or twisted, blood vessels may rupture, and elevated intracranial pressure can distort the walls of the ventricles. [7] [10] [11] Diffuse axonal injury is a key pathology in concussive brain injury. [5] The visual system may be ...