[Whiplash neck injury].
INTRODUCTION In the paper, the authors presents medical meaning of whiplash neck injury (WNI) according right time diagnosis and management. PATIENTS AND METHODS The aim was to estimate the functional answer according diagnosis and therapeutical modalities. 35 patients were treated in Clinical center University of Sarajevo in period 2004/2008. They were divided in two groups--G1 with 18 patients and G2 with 12 patients. G1 group is treated by soft cervical collar and analgetics, G2 by physiotherapeutic modalities. First check was 6 months after injury and treatment beginning. RESULTS Immediately after a whiplash accident all patients have back pain in the cervical spine. Two of them have paresthesia in the upper extremity, headaches have 7 of them, spasm of paravertebral muscles has 1, spasm of art. carotis 1, laceration of the longus colli muscles, accompanied by hemorrhage and edema 1. CONCLUSION The authors did 6 weeks follow- up after treatment of patients and 77% of them had no problems, 23% patients lost symptoms of WNI after 2 - 6 months. They come back to everyday activities in period 1 - 3 months except 2 of them who needed 6 months. Presented values clinical parameters indicate that there is no statistically significant difference in finale results between groups, G1 and G2 (p > 0.05).