The neck disability index: Patient assessment and outcome monitoring in whiplash

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 95-104

  Vernon, Howard ^a  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

disability; index; questionnaire; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0029838270     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v04n04_09     Document Type: Article

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