Assessment of neck pain and its associated disorders: Results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and its Associated Disorders

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Nordin, Margareta ^a,b,d   Carragee, Eugene J ^e,f   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^g,h   Weiner, Shira Schecter ^b,c   Hurwitz, Eric L ⁱ   Peloso, Paul M ^j   Guzman, Jaime ^k,l   Van Der Velde, Gabrielle ^g,h,m,p   Carroll, Linda J ⁿ   Holm, Lena W ^o   Côté, Pierre ^g,h,m,p   Cassidy, J David ^h,m,p   Haldeman, Scott ^q,r  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^j MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^o KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^p TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Assessment; Best evidence synthesis; Cervical spine; Diagnosis; Neck pain; Whiplash associated disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISKOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NECK INJURIES; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 38549168970     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181644ae8     Document Type: Article

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