title: The role of botulinum toxin in whiplash injuries.
abstract: Cervical whiplash injuries are common and yet poorly understood. Several of these cases become chronic for unknown reasons and defy most forms of musculoskeletal therapy. Botulinum toxin has shown promise in selected cases in which soft tissue injury predominates. In conjunction with a good biomechanical assessment and appropriate physical rehabilitation techniques, this new approach to treatment may offer a way of treating the central and peripheral dysfunction that characterizes this condition.
authors.affiliation: brian.freund@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Freund
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D001905:Botulinum Toxins