Trauma Does Not Precipitate Multiple Sclerosis

Axonal Injury Heralds Virus-Induced Demyelination

“…Most, but not all, 67 case-control studies have failed to show a significant relationship between trauma and MS onset and none of the studies have shown a 100% trauma history in MS patients. 68,69 Therefore, CNS injury alone cannot explain the pathogenesis of all MS patients. However, considering that MS likely has a multifactorial etiology, this would not preclude the possibility that CNS injury may contribute to the onset or exacerbations of MS in a small percentage of cases.…”

Axonal Injury Heralds Virus-Induced Demyelination

“…Most, but not all, 67 case-control studies have failed to show a significant relationship between trauma and MS onset and none of the studies have shown a 100% trauma history in MS patients. 68,69 Therefore, CNS injury alone cannot explain the pathogenesis of all MS patients. However, considering that MS likely has a multifactorial etiology, this would not preclude the possibility that CNS injury may contribute to the onset or exacerbations of MS in a small percentage of cases.…”

Natural history of posttraumatic cervical dystonia

“…Many times patients will attribute a disorder to a certain event, most often a form of trauma, regardless of the severity; this has been seen with other disorders such as multiple sclerosis and is thus not unique to dystonia. 16 To minimize wrongly associating a traumatic event with the coincidental development of torticollis, a time limit of 3 months was instituted arbitrarily in this study so that a possible uniform syndrome might emerge. With the establishment of the clinical features, the diagnosis of posttraumatic cervical dystonia may be based on clinical features with less reliance on the time relationship.…”

Multiple Sclerosis— What Occupational Health Nurses Need to Know

“…ined the relationship between MS and organic solvents (Mortensen, Bronnum-Hansen, & Rasmussen, 1998), electromagnetic fields (Johansen, Koch-Henriksen, Rasmussen, & Olsen, 1999), serious trauma (Cook, 2000), dental amalgams (Bangsi et al, 1998), and childhood infections (Granieri & Casetta, 1997). To date, little consensus exists among experts concerning the influence of these factors as either a cause of or trigger for MS.…”

Axonal Injury Heralds Virus-Induced Demyelination

“…Most, but not all, 67 case-control studies have failed to show a significant relationship between trauma and MS onset and none of the studies have shown a 100% trauma history in MS patients. 68,69 Therefore, CNS injury alone cannot explain the pathogenesis of all MS patients. However, considering that MS likely has a multifactorial etiology, this would not preclude the possibility that CNS injury may contribute to the onset or exacerbations of MS in a small percentage of cases.…”

Natural history of posttraumatic cervical dystonia

“…Many times patients will attribute a disorder to a certain event, most often a form of trauma, regardless of the severity; this has been seen with other disorders such as multiple sclerosis and is thus not unique to dystonia. 16 To minimize wrongly associating a traumatic event with the coincidental development of torticollis, a time limit of 3 months was instituted arbitrarily in this study so that a possible uniform syndrome might emerge. With the establishment of the clinical features, the diagnosis of posttraumatic cervical dystonia may be based on clinical features with less reliance on the time relationship.…”

Multiple Sclerosis— What Occupational Health Nurses Need to Know

“…ined the relationship between MS and organic solvents (Mortensen, Bronnum-Hansen, & Rasmussen, 1998), electromagnetic fields (Johansen, Koch-Henriksen, Rasmussen, & Olsen, 1999), serious trauma (Cook, 2000), dental amalgams (Bangsi et al, 1998), and childhood infections (Granieri & Casetta, 1997). To date, little consensus exists among experts concerning the influence of these factors as either a cause of or trigger for MS.…”

Axonal Injury Heralds Virus-Induced Demyelination

“…Most, but not all, 67 case-control studies have failed to show a significant relationship between trauma and MS onset and none of the studies have shown a 100% trauma history in MS patients. 68,69 Therefore, CNS injury alone cannot explain the pathogenesis of all MS patients. However, considering that MS likely has a multifactorial etiology, this would not preclude the possibility that CNS injury may contribute to the onset or exacerbations of MS in a small percentage of cases.…”

Natural history of posttraumatic cervical dystonia

“…Many times patients will attribute a disorder to a certain event, most often a form of trauma, regardless of the severity; this has been seen with other disorders such as multiple sclerosis and is thus not unique to dystonia. 16 To minimize wrongly associating a traumatic event with the coincidental development of torticollis, a time limit of 3 months was instituted arbitrarily in this study so that a possible uniform syndrome might emerge. With the establishment of the clinical features, the diagnosis of posttraumatic cervical dystonia may be based on clinical features with less reliance on the time relationship.…”

Multiple Sclerosis— What Occupational Health Nurses Need to Know

“…ined the relationship between MS and organic solvents (Mortensen, Bronnum-Hansen, & Rasmussen, 1998), electromagnetic fields (Johansen, Koch-Henriksen, Rasmussen, & Olsen, 1999), serious trauma (Cook, 2000), dental amalgams (Bangsi et al, 1998), and childhood infections (Granieri & Casetta, 1997). To date, little consensus exists among experts concerning the influence of these factors as either a cause of or trigger for MS.…”