Psychosocial and socio-demographic factors associated with outcomes for patients undergoing rehabilitation for chronic whiplash associated disorders: A pilot study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 1947-1955

  Baltov, Petko ^a   Cote, Julie ^b,c   Truchon, Manon ^c,d   Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a,c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^e Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

^f Interdisciplinary Health Research Group (GRIS)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability; Motor vehicle accident; Multidisciplinary; Neck pain; Prognosis; Return to work; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOCICEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NECK PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 57549107847     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701791245     Document Type: Article

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