Symptoms and signs indicating temporomandibular disorders after cervical acceleration-deceleration trauma in car impacts

A prospective in-depth follow-up study was made on 146 subjects with whiplash-associated disorders after car impacts. Symptoms indicating temporomandibular disorders (TMD) of minor to moderate grade were noted in three men and three women the first month after the accident, and developed in eight women during the following year. Signs indicating TMD, often asymptomatic, were noted initially in one third of the subjects, more often after rear-end impacts, and associated with increased tension in the masticatory muscles before the accident. TMD were also associated with rostral neck symptoms, headache, and post-traumatic stress, but not with the crash severity, expressed as DELTAv, below 30 km/h. For the covering abstract see ITRDE134311.

• Authors:
  • BUNKETORP, O
  • GUSTAFSSON, Y
  • WENNEBERG, B
  • JAKOBSSON, L
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 4p
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2005 INTERNATIONAL IRCOBI CONFERENCE ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF IMPACT, HELD IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, SEPTEMBER 21-23 2005 VII - SHORT PRESENTATIONS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Conferences; Crash severity; Crashes; Head; Injuries; Stress (Psychology); Vertebrae
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2060: Biomechanics; 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 2163: Injury; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 2234: Stress (psychol)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081824
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 29 2007 1:44PM