A normal radiographic study of the cervical spine does not exclude the possibility of unstable ligamentous injury. This is a particularly difficult problem in patients with severe traumatic brain ...

Axial loading of the head-neck complex in a head first collision is a major cause of traumatic cervical spine and spinal cord injuries. It has been suggested (McElhaney, 1989) that cervical spine ...

Flexion or extension of a certain body part typically refers to joints. Flexing a joint usually means closing it, and decreasing the angle between the body parts, while extending a joint means opening ...

8 Department of Exercise Science and Athletic Therapy, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 9 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Background Proper ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Zashin, MD Key Takeaways Neck arthritis is common and affects more than 85% of people over the age of 60.Symptoms of neck arthritis include neck pain, stiffness, tingling, ...