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- Title
Acute headache attributed to whiplash in arcuate foramen and non-arcuate foramen subjects.
- Authors
Ríos, Luis; Mata-Escolano, Federico; Blanco-Pérez, Esther; Llidó, Susanna; Bastir, Markus; Sanchis-Gimeno, Juan; Ríos, Luis; Blanco-Pérez, Esther; Llidó, Susanna; Sanchis-Gimeno, Juan A
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>To test the association between arcuate foramen (AF) in the first cervical vertebra with acute headache attributed to whiplash.<bold>Methods: </bold>Retrospective study of 128 patients that suffered a whiplash. The presence or absence of AF was recorded after a radiographic study, as well as the presence or absence of acute headache after the whiplash.<bold>Results: </bold>The frequency of AF was 17.2%. Patients with bilateral AF presented a significant (p = 0.000, Fisher's test) increase in the frequency of acute headache (90.9%) in comparison with the non-AF group (5.7%). The ratio between the presence and absence of acute headache was 166.6 times higher (IC 95% 18.2-1526.22) in subjects with bilateral AF in comparison with non-AF subjects.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The presence of bilateral AF is associated to an increased frequency of acute headache after suffering a whiplash, information of interest for the attention to these patients.
- Subjects
HEADACHE; WHIPLASH injuries; CERVICAL vertebrae radiography; MEDICAL statistics; CERVICAL vertebrae injuries; ATLAS (Vertebra); RETROSPECTIVE studies; ACUTE diseases; DISEASE complications
- Publication
European Spine Journal, 2017, Vol 26, Issue 4, p1262
- ISSN
0940-6719
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00586-016-4856-y