Symptom characteristics in women with chronic WAD, grades I-II, and chronic insidious onset neck pain: A cross-sectional study with an 18-month follow-up

Journal of Whiplash and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-17

  Kristjansson, Eythor ^a,c   Jónsson Jr , Halldór ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c NONE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Disability; Neck pain; Questionnaire; Symptom; Whiplash injuries; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 4644335960     PISSN: 15332888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J180v03n01_02     Document Type: Article

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