Do whiplash patients differ from other patients with non-specific neck pain regarding pain, function or prognosis?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 456-462

  Verhagen, Arianne P ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^b   Schellingerhout, Jasper M ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^c   Dziedzic, Krysia ^b   de Vet, Henrica C W ^c   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neck pain; Prognosis; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 80052023229     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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