TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Whiplash neck injury JO - Medicinski Arhiv A1 - Hadziahmetović, Zoran A1 - Vavra-Hadziahmetović, Narcisa SP - 215 EP - 217 VL - 62 IS - 4 N2 - INTRODUCTION: In the paper, the authors presents medical meaning of whiplash neck injury (WNI) according right time diagnosis and management. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The aim was to estimate the functional answer according diagnosis and therapeutical modalities. 35 patients were treated in Clinical center University of Sarajevo in period 2004/2008. They were divided in two groups--G1 with 18 patients and G2 with 12 patients. G1 group is treated by soft cervical collar and analgetics, G2 by physiotherapeutic modalities. First check was 6 months after injury and treatment beginning. RESULTS: Immediately after a whiplash accident all patients have back pain in the cervical spine. Two of them have paresthesia in the upper extremity, headaches have 7 of them, spasm of paravertebral muscles has 1, spasm of art. carotis 1, laceration of the longus colli muscles, accompanied by hemorrhage and edema 1. CONCLUSION: The authors did 6 weeks follow- up after treatment of patients and 77% of them had no problems, 23% patients lost symptoms of WNI after 2 - 6 months. They come back to everyday activities in period 1 - 3 months except 2 of them who needed 6 months. Presented values clinical parameters indicate that there is no statistically significant difference in finale results between groups, G1 and G2 (p>0.05).
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