Are altered smooth pursuit eye movements related to chronic pain and disability following whiplash injuries?
Although reduced smooth pursuit performance at one-year follow-up was associated with persistent neck pain, smooth pursuit eye movement tests are not useful as predictive or diagnostic tests in whiplash-associated disorders.
These findings implicate elevated collagen cross-linking as an important component of the disrupted ECM in dystrophic muscles, and heightened cross-linking is evident in mouse, dog, and man. Muscle Nerve 54: 71-78, 2016.