Acute treatment of whiplash neck sprain injuries: A randomized trial of treatment during the first 14 days after a car accident

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Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-31

  Borchgrevink, Grethe E ^a   Kaasa, Aaste ^a   McDonagh, David ^a   Stiles, Tore C ^b   Haraldseth, Olav ^c   Lereim, Inggard ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c MR Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute treatment; Neck sprain injury; Soft neck collar; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHOULDER; SICK LEAVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0031931113     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801010-00006     Document Type: Article

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