Quantification of Acute Neck Pain Following Whiplash Injury by Computer-Aided Pressure Algesimetry

Until now the clinical investigation of cervical pain due to whiplash injury is mainly based on finger palpation. The present study introduces a PC-interactive pressure algesimetry to standardize cervical pain measurement. Pressure pain scores of the splenius and trapezius muscles of 23 patients wit...

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Published in:Cephalalgia 2004-12, Vol.24 (12), p.1067-1075
Main Authors: Stude, P, Nebel, K, Lüdecke, C, Wiese, H, Diener, H-C, Keidel, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
computer‐aided pressure algesimetry
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscle, Skeletal - injuries
Neck Muscles - injuries
neck pain
Neck Pain - diagnosis
Pain Measurement - instrumentation
pain quantification
Pain Threshold
Pressure
Shoulder Injuries
User-Computer Interface
Whiplash Injuries - physiopathology
Whiplash injury
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Summary:Until now the clinical investigation of cervical pain due to whiplash injury is mainly based on finger palpation. The present study introduces a PC-interactive pressure algesimetry to standardize cervical pain measurement. Pressure pain scores of the splenius and trapezius muscles of 23 patients with an acute cervical syndrome after whiplash injury were compared to those of 24 healthy subjects. The pressure painfulness of neck and shoulder muscles was significantly increased in whiplash patients. The splenii muscles showed an equally increased muscle pain whereas the trapezii muscles showed a left-sided preponderance of painfulness, possibly due to the seat belt position in this group of motor vehicle drivers. The computer-interactive pressure algesimetry enables a standardized and rater-independent quantification of the cervical syndrome with neck and shoulder pain caused by whiplash injury.
ISSN:0333-1024
1468-2982
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00787.x