{"id":28567,"date":"2010-08-17T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/ncbi-rofl-head-banger%e2%80%99s-whiplash-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T13:00:23","slug":"ncbi-rofl-head-banger%e2%80%99s-whiplash-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/ncbi-rofl-head-banger%e2%80%99s-whiplash-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"NCBI ROFL: Head banger\u2019s whiplash. | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"headbang\"“OBJECTIVE: The current trend in dancing includes “head banging” with extreme flexion, extension, and rotation of the head and cervical spine. We suggest that dance-related severe pain in the cervical area may result from head banging. DESIGN: A cohort of 37 eighth graders ages 13 or 14 participated in a dance marathon for charity lasting 7 h. There were 26 girls and 11 boys. SETTING: During the dance marathon, three “heavy metal” songs were played during which head banging could be done. PATIENTS: The painful syndromes that relate to head banging were evaluated by a convenience sample of the 37 marathon dancers in the eighth grade. <\/span>INTERVENTIONS: None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: A self-selected age-matched control group is included since 17 adolescents participated in head banging and 20 did not. RESULTS: Of the head bangers, 81.82% of the girls and 16.6% of the boys had resultant cervical spine pain that lasted 1-3 days. Only 26.2% of non-head-banging girls and 0% of non-head-banging boys had cervical spine pain lasting 1-3 days. Of all the 8th-grade participants, 62.16% had pain somewhere. Other types of pain included leg pain, back pain, and headache. Only three adolescents took any medication for their pain. CONCLUSIONS: The head-banger’s whiplash is a self-limiting painful disorder. The easy resolution of the pain problem in adolescents is a tribute to the resilience of youth.”<\/p>

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