Temperament and character: Prognostic factors in whiplash patients?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 408-414

  Pettersson, Kurt ^a,d   Brändström, Sven ^b   Toolanen, Göran ^a   Hildingsson, Christer ^a   Nylander, Per Olof ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Character; Harm avoidance; Personality; TCI; Temperament; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERAMENT; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 4344615012     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0681-9     Document Type: Article

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