昆士兰大学的颈部损伤研究中心在Ipswich校区新建研究分院。
该中心研究车祸造成的颈部过度屈伸损伤康复方法已经长达10年了。
Ipswich研究中心是国家健康医学研究委员会投资组建的研究中心，还与国家残疾和康复医学研究中心合作。
Whiplash，是被用于描述车祸造成的损伤的常用术语。
通常车祸造成的后遗症中，颈部疼痛，头痛是最经常出现的，还有头昏眼花、失眠问题和注意力不集中等都会引起头痛和颈部疼痛。
虽然大部分人都会在几周内康复，但还有一小部分人无法缓解。
Ipswich研究中心研究一个新的课题，就是车祸造成的损伤的影响：是什么因素导致在车祸中受伤的人日复一日的遭受心理和生理的折磨
该课题研究打算严密观察一些遭受车祸受伤不久的志愿者的康复过程。研究包括一些临床测试（在研究中心操作），还有监控志愿者日常生活的一些创新技巧。
为了完成研究，该中心目前在寻找近四周内遭受车祸而颈部疼痛的人士，年龄在１８岁至６５岁之间。
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UQ researchers study whiplash in Ipswich
The University of Queensland's Whiplash Research Unit has expanded to open a new research centre at the University's Ipswich campus.
The Centre has been conducting research for 10 years to understand more about what factors help people to recover when they suffer neck pain after a motor-vehicle accident (MVA).
The Ipswich centre is part of a National Health and Medical Research Council funded research centre, and in conjunction with the Centre for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD).
Whiplash is a common term used to describe the kinds of injuries suffered after a motor-vehicle accident.
Neck pain and headaches are the most common complaints, though symptoms such as dizziness, problems sleeping, and concentration difficulties are also reported.
While most people recover within a few weeks, some continue to have problems.
The Ipswich research centre is undertaking a new study, trying to understand the "big picture" of whiplash and its impact: What factors determine how whiplash influences people's emotional and physical well-being in everyday life?
This study aims to track volunteers over time to monitor their recovery, beginning from soon after their MVA. It involves incorporating some clinical tests (performed at the research center) with innovative monitoring techniques that take the research 'out of the laboratory' and into every-day life.
For this study, the research unit currently seeks individuals aged between 18 and 65 years who have neck pain resulting from a motor-vehicle accident that occurred within the past four weeks.
