| Title |
Are cervical multifidus muscles active during whiplash and startle? An initial experimental study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, June 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-9-80 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gunter P Siegmund, Jean-Sébastien Blouin, Mark G Carpenter, John R Brault, J Timothy Inglis |
| Abstract |
The cervical multifidus muscles insert onto the lower cervical facet capsular ligaments and the cervical facet joints are the source of pain in some chronic whiplash patients. Reflex activation of the multifidus muscle during a whiplash exposure could potentially contribute to injuring the facet capsular ligament. Our goal was to determine the onset latency and activation amplitude of the cervical multifidus muscles to a simulated rear-end collision and a loud acoustic stimuli. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 90 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 17% |
| Researcher | 10 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 22% |
| Unknown | 15 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 32% |
| Engineering | 18 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 7% |
| Sports and Recreations | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 10% |
| Unknown | 20 | 20% |
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#13,891,799
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#5
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