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A whiplash injury may be the result of impulsive retracting of the spine, mainly the ligament: anterior longitudinal ligament which is stretched or tears, as the head snaps forward and then back again causing a whiplash injury. [18] A whiplash injury from an automobile accident is called a cervical acceleration–deceleration injury.
[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]
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intra-thoracic or intra-abdominal injuries contralateral head injury The mechanism of injury is an initial impact causing injury to the femur on one side ( bumper injury) and the torso on the same side ( fender or hood ), following which the child is thrown, striking the head on the ground or another object and sustaining injury to the opposite ...
Injury is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering trauma care.It was established in 1969 and is published 10 times per year by Elsevier.It is the official journal of the British Trauma Society, the Australasian Trauma Society, the Saudi Orthopaedic Association in Trauma, and affiliated with the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, the Societa' Italiana Di Ortopedia e ...
In a car accident, the vehicle jerks the neck forward and backward resulting in cervical spine damage resulting in a whiplash. As a result, the cervical spine become misaligned and produces direct spinal cord irritation creating tighter muscles on one side of the body [ 24 ] Neck braces can help temporarily.
The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) is an anatomical-based coding system created by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine to classify and describe the severity of injuries. [1] [2] [3] It represents the threat to life associated with the injury rather than the comprehensive assessment of the severity of the injury. [4]
Low birth weight and prematurity are the main risk factors for PIE, which indicates the need for early diagnosis and management. The pathological features of PIE include lung injury resulting from alveolar and airway over-distention together with air leaks.