PMID- 11189925
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010322
LR  - 20190515
IS  - 0940-6719 (Print)
IS  - 1432-0932 (Electronic)
IS  - 0940-6719 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 6
DP  - 2000 Dec
TI  - Neck sprain after motor vehicle accidents in drivers and passengers.
PG  - 547-52
AB  - Neck sprain is a general term denoting a soft tissue injury of the neck, which 
      seldom causes major disability but is considered a modern epidemic. The purpose 
      of the present study was to determine the prevalence of sprain of the neck injury 
      due to motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) in both drivers and passengers. In 
      addition, the degree of seat belt wearing in both driver and passenger was 
      analysed. A second aim was to identify groups at risk by analysing the age and 
      gender distribution of patients with neck sprain. The results of this 
      population-based study revealed a sharp increase in neck sprain from 1989 through 
      1995, whereas a more or less stable pattern was found for seat belt use. The 
      sharp increase was found to be attributable to outpatients. Finally, we found a 
      driver predominance as well as a female predominance; groups at risk were the 20- 
      to 24-year-olds for drivers and 15- to 19-year-olds for passengers.
FAU - Versteegen, G J
AU  - Versteegen GJ
AD  - Pain Expertise Centre, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. 
      g.j.versteegen@anest.azg.nl
FAU - Kingma, J
AU  - Kingma J
FAU - Meijler, W J
AU  - Meijler WJ
FAU - ten Duis, H J
AU  - ten Duis HJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Germany
TA  - Eur Spine J
JT  - European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the 
      European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine 
      Research Society
JID - 9301980
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Netherlands/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Seat Belts/*adverse effects
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Whiplash Injuries/*epidemiology/*etiology
PMC - PMC3611412
EDAT- 2001/02/24 12:00
MHDA- 2001/03/27 10:01
PMCR- 2001/12/01
CRDT- 2001/02/24 12:00
PHST- 2001/02/24 12:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/03/27 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/02/24 12:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2001/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 00090547.586 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s005860000150 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur Spine J. 2000 Dec;9(6):547-52. doi: 10.1007/s005860000150.