Factors affecting the timing of recovery from whiplash neck injuries: Study of a cohort of 134 patients pursuing litigation

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 633-636

  Karnezis, Ioannis A ^a   Drosos, George I ^b   Kazakos, Konstantinos I ^b  

^a Back Care Network   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical injuries; Neck pain; Whiplash associated disorders

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 34548152766     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0344-5     Document Type: Article

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