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Vehicle collisions and falls are common causes. A severe, sudden twist to the neck or a severe blow to the head or neck area can cause a cervical fracture. Although high energy trauma is often associated with cervical fractures in the younger population, low energy trauma is more common in the geriatric population.
Modern trauma care includes a step called clearing the cervical spine, ruling out spinal cord injury if the patient is fully conscious and not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, displays no neurological deficits, has no pain in the middle of the neck and no other painful injuries that could distract from neck pain. [35]
Neck trauma, commonly by strangulation, athletic activities, and car accidents, is the cause of a hyoid bone fracture. [1] Other causes include violent vomiting, gunshot wounds, and hanging. [ 2 ]
What happens when you crack your neck? The bones in your neck are connected by small joints, called facet joints, that help you move your head, says Sandra Miller, P.T. , physical therapist with ...
The incidence is estimated at 2% in blunt chest and neck trauma and 1–2% in penetrating chest trauma. [10] Laryngotracheal injuries occur in 8% of patients with penetrating injury to the neck, and TBI occurs in 2.8% of blunt chest trauma deaths. [6] In people with blunt trauma who do reach a hospital alive, reports have found incidences of 2. ...
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The injury mainly occurs from falls, usually in elderly adults, and motor accidents mainly due to impacts of high force causing extension of the neck and great axial load onto the C2 vertebra. [2] In a study based in Norway, 60% of reported cervical fractures came from falls and 21% from motor-related accidents. [3]
Whiplash, whose formal term is whiplash associated disorders (WAD), is a range of injuries to the neck caused by or related to a sudden distortion of the neck [1] associated with extension, [2] although the exact injury mechanisms remain unknown.