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- Luis Ríos, Federico Mata-Escolano, Esther Blanco-Pérez, Susanna Llidó, Markus Bastir, and Juan A Sanchis-Gimeno.
- Paleoanthropology Group, National Museum of Natural Sciences-Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain.
- Eur Spine J. 2017 Apr 1; 26 (4): 1262-1265.
PurposeTo test the association between arcuate foramen (AF) in the first cervical vertebra with acute headache attributed to whiplash.MethodsRetrospective study of 128 patients that suffered a whiplash. The presence or absence of AF was recorded after a radiographic study, as well as the presence or absence of acute headache after the whiplash.ResultsThe frequency of AF was 17.2%. Patients with bilateral AF presented a significant (p = 0.000, Fisher's test) increase in the frequency of acute headache (90.9%) in comparison with the non-AF group (5.7%). The ratio between the presence and absence of acute headache was 166.6 times higher (IC 95% 18.2-1526.22) in subjects with bilateral AF in comparison with non-AF subjects.ConclusionsThe presence of bilateral AF is associated to an increased frequency of acute headache after suffering a whiplash, information of interest for the attention to these patients.
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