A neuropathic pain component is common in acute whiplash and associated with a more complex clinical presentation

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-179

  Sterling, Michele ^a,b   Pedler, Ashley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Neuropathic pain; Sensory hypersensitivity; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60649113041     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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