Recovery in whiplash-associated disorders: do you get what you expect?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1063-1070

  Carroll, Linda J ^a   Holm, Lena W ^b   Ferrari, Robert ^c   Ozegovic, Dejan ^a   Cassidy, J David ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expectation; Recovery; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TRAFFIC; WHIPLASH INJURY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 67449105677     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080680     Document Type: Article

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