Soft-tissue injuries of the neck cause severe lasting pain in 12% of those who suffered from a whiplash.
Soft-Tissue Injuries of the Neck - ligaments, muscles, fascia, nerves, the cord and dura, blood vessels - after whiplash injuries are still doubted by many. A prominent orthopaedic surgeon from Rotterdam recently likened a whiplash to a sprained ankle - where mostly there are no long term sequelae.
Gargan and Bannister reviewed the progress of 43 persons injured in car accidents (a rear-end collision), following them for 10 years[1].
Soft-Tissue Injuries of the Neck - ligaments, muscles, fascia, nerves, the cord and dura, blood vessels ... - after whiplash injuries are still doubted by many. A prominent orthopaedic surgeon from Rotterdam recently likened a whiplash to a sprained ankle - where mostly there are no long term sequelae. She is apparently unaware that the spinal cord transverses the neck.
Gargan and Bannister reviewed the progress of 43 persons injured in car accidents (a rear-end collision), following them for 10 years. Their conclusions were as follows:
In short, after ten years, 60% had either recovered completely or had mild symptoms, but 40% were still still experiencing severe to intrusive symptoms, ten years after the accident.
Those symptoms included:
Soft-tissue injuries of the neck were surveyed 10 years after the whiplash yielding astonishing results.
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