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Whiplash Injuries : Causes

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Causes List

Causes could include:
  • Strain of neck muscle

Causes Overview Articles

Whiplash
In addition to car accidents, whiplash can be caused by roller coasters and other amusement park rides, sports injuries, or being punched or shaken. (Whiplash is one of the hallmarks of shaken baby syndrome)
Source:ADAM
Date:May 6, 2007
Whiplash
Tension shortens and tightens muscles. Fatigue relaxes them. Either condition increases the likelihood that whiplash will occur and the probability that the injury will be severe. Sometimes symptoms of whiplash appear right away. Sometimes they do...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Whiplash
Besides motor vehicle accidents, causes of whiplash include sports and other recreational activities, falls, and fights. Women tend to have more persistent symptoms than men do, perhaps because women's smaller neck muscles are more vulnerable. Sym...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Whiplash
Symptoms of whiplash include neck pain and stiffness, shoulder pain and stiffness, lower back pain, headaches in the back of the head, pain, and/or tingling in the hand or arm, dizziness, ringing in the ears and blurred vision. Often the pain asso...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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