title: Jaw-neck dysfunction in whiplash-associated disorders.
abstract: This paper reports data from recent studies on integrative jaw-neck motor control in healthy subjects and disturbed jaw-neck behaviour in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). The results show that neck function is an integral part of natural jaw behaviour, and that neck injury can impair jaw function and therefore disturb eating behaviour. We also show preliminary results from implementation of a new approach for rehabilitation of jaw-neck dysfunction and pain in WAD.
authors.affiliation: Muscle & Motor Control and MotoRehab Laboratory, Clinical Oral Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. per-olof.eriksson@odont.umu.se
authors.forename: Per-Olof
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: Birgitta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Häggman-Henrikson
authors.forename: Hamayun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zafar
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000503:physiopathology; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009333:Neck / Q000503:physiopathology; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation