Comparison of randomized treatments for late whiplash

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1223-1230

  Pato, U ^a   Di Stefano, G ^b   Fravi, N ^a   Arnold, M ^a   Curatolo, M ^b   Radanov, B P ^b,c   Ballinari, P ^d   Sturzenegger, M ^a  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FLURBIPROFEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURY; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 77950929507     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181d8ffe0     Document Type: Article

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