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Wounds and Injuries > Neck Injuries > Whiplash Injuries

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Whiplash Injuries  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Hyperextension injury to the neck, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Injuries, Whiplash

In other languages

  • French

  • Coup de fouet cervical
  • Coup de fouet cervical antéro-postérieur
  • Coup de fouet cervical antéropostérieur
  • Coup du lapin
  • Coups de fouet cervicaux
  • Lésions post-traumatiques du rachis cervical par impact postérieur
  • Lésions traumatiques du rachis cervical par impact postérieur
  • Traumatisme cervical en coup de fouet
  • Traumatismes du rachis cervical par impact postérieur

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