Characterization of Acute Whiplash-Associated Disorders

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 182-188

  Sterling, Michele ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Vicenzino, Bill ^a   Kenardy, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generalized hypersensitivity; Motor dysfunction; Psychological distress; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS PROVOCATION TEST; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOCERVICAL FLEXION TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT POSITION ERROR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK MUSCLE; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THERMAL INJURY; THERMAL PAIN THRESHOLD; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 1642539196     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000105535.12598.AE     Document Type: Article

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