Can fibromyalgia be associated with whiplash injury? A 3-year follow-up study

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1209-1213

  Tishler, Moshe ^a,b   Levy, Ofer ^a,b   Amit Vazina, Mirit ^a,b  

^a Asaf Harofe Medical Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Trauma; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE SCORE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; TELEPHONE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 80054936235     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1412-7     Document Type: Article

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