The Forensic Chiropractor

What findings on an MRI cause pain.

MRI findings of disc degeneration are more prevalent in adults with low back pain than in asymptotic controls: A systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Brinjikji (BRINJICK) et atl and published in the spine journal in 2015.   

Long term outcomes of severe injuries.

Impacts of Injury severity on Long-term outcomes following motor vehicle crashes by Kevin Hung et al published in BMC Public Health in 2021.  

Modic Changes. What are they? Where do they come from? What do they mean?

Pathobiology of Modic Changes published in the European Spine Journal November 2016 by Stefan Dudli et al.  

Central Hypersensitivity with chronic pain

Evidence, mechanisms, and Clinical implications of Central Hypersensitivity in Chronic pain After Whiplash Injury.  This was published in The Clinical Journal in 2004 by Michele Curatolo et al.  

How do discs get damaged and what the damage means.

Mechanical Aspects of Intervertebral disc injury and implications on biomechanics published by Geoffrey Desmoulin et al in the spine Journal in 2019.

Long term neck and low back pain after a motor vehicle collision.

Exposure to a Motor Vehicle Collision and the Risk of Future Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paul Nolet et al and published in the PM&R Journal in 2019.  
Exposure to a motor vehicle collision and the risk of future back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Paul Nolet et al and published in the Accident analysis and prevention Journal in 2020.
 

NEW AMA Impairment Rating for Disc Herniation

Why AMA Guides took disc herniations out of the ratings.  Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations by Brinjikji (BRINJICK) et al published in the spine journal in 2014.  
Inciting Events Associated with Lumbar Disk Herniation by Suri et al published in the Spine Journal in 2010
 

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Lumbar disc herniation treatments

.  Today’s study is Prediction of Lumbar Disc Herniation resorption in symptomatic patients: a prospective, multi-imaging and clinical Phenotype study by Alexaner Hornung et al.  This study was published in the Spine Journal in 2023.   

Upper Cervical Ligament Damage

Inter-examiner Reliability of Radiographic measurements from Open-Mouth Lateral Bending Cervical Radiographs.  The article was written by Karthik et al and published in the Chiropractic And Manual Therapies Journal in 2020.