STUDY DESIGN: A 6-month prospective study of neck mobility in @entity1 with acute @entity7125 and a control group with @entity697 was conducted. OBJECTIVES: To assess @entity135 after acute whiplash and ankle distortion injuries, and to relate neck mobility to @entity10 , @entity4048 , and speed of car at the time of collision. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: A major problem after @entity7125 is restriction of neck mobility immediately subsequent to @entity130 . It is, however, unclear whether neck mobility changes after the acute injury are related to the associated @entity10 and @entity4048 . METHODS: Cervical range of neck motion, @entity4048 , and @entity10 were assessed after 1 week, then 1, 3, and 6 months after injury in 141 @entity1 with acute @entity7125 , and in 40 @entity1 with acute nonsport ankle distortion. RESULTS: @entity1 with @entity7125 had significantly reduced flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation of the neck immediately after injury, as compared with @entity1 with @entity3681 . Neck mobility, however, was similar in the two groups after 3 months. In @entity1 with @entity7125 , @entity4048 and neck mobility were found to be related inversely to reported @entity10 and neck mobility. Neck mobility was not significantly related to a difference in car speed at the time of collision. CONCLUSIONS: Neck mobility is reduced immediately after, but not 3 months after, a @entity130 . @entity10 and neck mobility are related inversely and @entity4048 and neck mobility are related inversely during the first 6 months after acute @entity7125 .

XXXX , @entity4048 , and neck mobility after acute @entity7125 : a prospective study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity135 :: ('MESH:D006258', 'Disease') :: ['active neck mobility'] @entity697 :: ('MESH:D000208', 'Disease') :: ['acute ankle distortion'] @entity3681 :: ('MESH:D016512', 'Disease') :: ['ankle distortion injury'] @entity7125 :: ('MESH:D014911', 'Disease') :: ['whiplash injury'] @entity4048 :: ('MESH:D019547', 'Disease') :: ['neck pain'] @entity10 :: ('MESH:D006261', 'Disease') :: ['headache', 'Headache'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['whiplash trauma', 'trauma']
@entity10 :: (MESH:D006261,Disease) :: ['Headache']
