A new study has shown preliminary findings that whiplash has a connection with brain injury that is more substantial than thought before.

The new study will be published in the July issue of Brain Injury and states that whiplash may create changes in the brain that may cause brain damage.

In order to look for a connection with brain injury and whiplash, the study examined 1,200 neck pain patients and found that the ones that had suffered from whiplash had different anatomical changes that may result in brain damage.

Specifically, a herniation in the brain that causes the the bottom part of the brain to dip below the opening of the skull. The study showed that brain injury occurred in 23 percent of the people who had whiplash.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of a brain injury, contact the New Jersey brain injury lawyers of Levinson and Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529 today.