Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Pre- and post-operative gait analysis for evaluation of neck pain in chronic whiplash. | Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury BioMed Central Research article Pre- and post-operative gait analysis for evaluation of neck pain in chronic whiplash Ake Nystrom 1 2 Glen M Ginsburg1 3 Wayne Stuberg3 and Stacey Dejong3 Address Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE 68198 USA 2Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE 68198 USA and 3Munroe-Meyer Motion Analysis Laboratory University of Nebraska Lincoln NE 68588 USA Email Ake Nystrom - anystrom@ Glen M Ginsburg - ginsy4549@ Wayne Stuberg - wstuberg@ Stacey Dejong - SLDEJONG@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 17 July 2009 Received 22 April 2009 Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2009 4 10 doi 1749-7221-4-10 Accepted I7 July 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 10 2009 Nystrom et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Chronic neck pain after whiplash is notoriously refractory to conservative treatment and positive radiological findings to explain the symptoms are scarce. The apparent disproportionality between subjective complaints and objective findings is significant for the planning of treatment impairment ratings and judicial questions on causation. However failure to identify a symptom s focal origin with routine imaging studies does not invalidate the symptom per se. It is therefore of a general interest both to develop effective therapeutic strategies in chronic whiplash and to establish techniques for objectively .
