Alberta Rodeo athletes do not develop the chronic whiplash syndrome

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 975-977

  Shannon, Ashley L ^a,b   Ferrari, Robert ^a,c,d   Russell, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (Thailand)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athletes; Neck sprain; Outcome; Traffic accidents; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SPRAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALBERTA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPORTS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33646457945     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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