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- Title
Whiplash injury and oculomotor dysfunctions: clinical-posturographic correlations.
- Authors
Storaci, Roberto; Manelli, Alessandro; Schiavone, Nicola; Mangia, Lucia; Prigione, Giangiacomo; Sangiorgi, Simone
- Abstract
Oculomotor dysfunctions are hidden causes of invalidity following whiplash injury. Many patients with whiplash injury grade II present oculomotor dysfunctions related to input disturbances of cervical or vestibular afferents. We used static posturography to investigate 40 consecutive patients with whiplash injury grade II and oculomotor dysfunctions. We demonstrated a relation between length and surface of body sway: the surface value (A) was higher than the length value (L) and this led to an open graph of body sway in the statokinesigram. Oculomotor rehabilitation can resolve the impairment of vestibular function but if therapy is delayed or the patient has been wearing an orthopaedic neck collar, more therapeutic sessions are required. In conclusion, without rehabilitation of the oculomotor muscles other therapies are not sufficient to recover the impairment caused by whiplash injury.
- Subjects
WHIPLASH injuries; EYE movement disorders; VESTIBULAR function tests; URINARY organ radiography; MEDICAL rehabilitation; PROGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY of diseases; THERAPEUTICS; VESTIBULAR nerve; CLINICAL trials; COMPARATIVE studies; POSTURAL balance; ORTHOPEDIC apparatus; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; POSTURE; RESEARCH; CRANIAL nerve diseases; EVALUATION research; COMPUTER-aided diagnosis; DISEASE complications; PHYSIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
European Spine Journal, 2006, Vol 15, Issue 12, p1811
- ISSN
0940-6719
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00586-006-0085-0