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Neck injury

Neck injury: Introduction

Any injury involving the neck. Accidents are a major cause of neck injuries. Neck injuries may cause pain or may affect a person's ability to walk or stand normally if the spinal cord is also involved. Some types of neck injury include whiplash and quadriplegia.

Symptoms of Neck injury

• Neck pain
• Neck swelling
• Pain on movement
• Neck lump
• Neck inflammation
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 8 symptoms of Neck injury

Disease Topics Related To Neck injury

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• Cervical fracture
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• Internal decapitation
• Brown sequard syndrome
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Medical Textbooks Online about Neck injury

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Neck injury: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Causes of Neck injury

• Falls
• Neck Injury
• Car accident
• Sports injury
• more causes...»

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News Archives for Neck injury

Medical news articles related to Neck injury include:

• New Guidelines Urged for Young Athletes' Neck Injuries
• Health Tip: A Sprain in the Neck
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Neck injury

Medical research articles related to Neck injury include:

• Head and neck injury risks in heavy metal: head bangers stuck between rock and a hard bass.
• Helmets for preventing injury in motorcycle riders
• Surgical versus conservative management for odontoid fractures
• Suspected lower urinary tract trauma.
• Histopathology Lung - Bronchiectasis
• Is it true that seatbelt does not help preventing whiplash injury and it might make it worse
• Penetrating Neck Trauma (Diagnosis)
• more research...»

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Videos for Neck injury

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Patient Surveys for Neck injury

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Reseach about Neck injury

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Clinical Trials for Neck injury

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Neck injury include:

• Management and Outcome of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Preventing Chronic Whiplash Pain - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Comparison of the Effect of Neck Collar, Act-as-Usual, and Active Mobilisation Early After a Whiplash Injury - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

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Types of Neck injury

• Whiplash
• Broken neck
• more types...»

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