Luis Ríos1,2, Federico Mata-Escolano3,4, Esther Blanco-Pérez5, Susanna Llidó2, Markus Bastir1, Juan A Sanchis-Gimeno6. 1. Paleoanthropology Group, National Museum of Natural Sciences-Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain. 2. Department of Anatomy and Human Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. 3. Radiology Department, University San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain. 4. CT and MRI Unit, ERESA, Valencia, Spain. 5. Department of Radiology, University Hospital de La Ribera, Alzira, Valencia, Spain. 6. Department of Anatomy and Human Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. juan.sanchis@uv.es.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To test the association between arcuate foramen (AF) in the first cervical vertebra with acute headache attributed to whiplash. METHODS: Retrospective study of 128 patients that suffered a whiplash. The presence or absence of AF was recorded after a radiographic study, as well as the presence or absence of acute headache after the whiplash. RESULTS: The frequency of AF was 17.2%. Patients with bilateral AF presented a significant (p = 0.000, Fisher's test) increase in the frequency of acute headache (90.9%) in comparison with the non-AF group (5.7%). The ratio between the presence and absence of acute headache was 166.6 times higher (IC 95% 18.2-1526.22) in subjects with bilateral AF in comparison with non-AF subjects. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of bilateral AF is associated to an increased frequency of acute headache after suffering a whiplash, information of interest for the attention to these patients.
PURPOSE: To test the association between arcuate foramen (AF) in the first cervical vertebra with acute headache attributed to whiplash. METHODS: Retrospective study of 128 patients that suffered a whiplash. The presence or absence of AF was recorded after a radiographic study, as well as the presence or absence of acute headache after the whiplash. RESULTS: The frequency of AF was 17.2%. Patients with bilateral AF presented a significant (p = 0.000, Fisher's test) increase in the frequency of acute headache (90.9%) in comparison with the non-AF group (5.7%). The ratio between the presence and absence of acute headache was 166.6 times higher (IC 95% 18.2-1526.22) in subjects with bilateral AF in comparison with non-AF subjects. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of bilateral AF is associated to an increased frequency of acute headache after suffering a whiplash, information of interest for the attention to these patients.
Authors: Parita K Chitroda; Girish Katti; Irfan A Baba; Mohammad Najmudin; Sreenivas Rao Ghali; Bhuvaneshwari Kalmath; Vijay G Journal: J Clin Diagn Res Date: 2013-12-15
Authors: Carlos A Palancar; Daniel García-Martínez; Davorka Radovčić; Susanna Llidó; Federico Mata-Escolano; Markus Bastir; Juan Alberto Sanchis-Gimeno Journal: J Anat Date: 2020-05-21 Impact factor: 2.921