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01.03.2012 | Research Article

Cervico-ocular coordination during neck rotation is distorted in people with whiplash-associated disorders

verfasst von: Catharina S. M. Bexander, Paul W. Hodges

Erschienen in: Experimental Brain Research | Ausgabe 1/2012

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Abstract

People with whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) not only suffer from neck/head pain, but commonly report deficits in eye movement control. Recent work has highlighted a strong relationship between eye and neck muscle activation in pain-free subjects. It is possible that WAD may disrupt the intricate coordination between eye and neck movement. Electromyographic activity (EMG) of muscles that rotate the cervical spine to the right (left sternocleidomastoid, right obliquus capitis inferior (OI), right splenius capitis (SC) and right multifidus (MF)) was recorded in nine people with chronic WAD. Cervical rotation was performed with five gaze conditions involving different gaze directions relative to cervical rotation. The relationship between eye position/movement and neck muscle activity was contrasted with previous observations from pain-free controls. Three main differences were observed in WAD. First, the superficial muscle SC was active with both directions of cervical rotation in contrast to activity only with right rotation in pain-free controls. Second, activity of OI and MF varied between directions of cervical rotation, unlike the non-direction-specific activity in controls. Third, the effect of horizontal gaze direction on neck muscle EMG was augmented compared to controls. These observations provide evidence of redistribution of activity between neck muscles during cervical rotation and increased interaction between eye and neck muscle activity in people with WAD. These changes in cervico-ocular coordination may underlie clinical symptoms reported by people with WAD that involve visual deficits and changes in function during cervical rotation such as postural control.

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Titel: Cervico-ocular coordination during neck rotation is distorted in people with whiplash-associated disorders
verfasst von: Catharina S. M. Bexander
Paul W. Hodges
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2012
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Experimental Brain Research / Ausgabe 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0014-4819
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2973-8

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