Responsiveness of the cervical Northern American Spine Society questionnaire (NASS) and the Short Form 36 (SF-36) in chronic whiplash

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-151

  Angst, Felix ^a   Verra, Martin L ^a,b   Lehmann, Susanne ^a   Gysi, Françoise ^a   Benz, Thomas ^a   Aeschlimann, André ^a  

^a Research Department   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

pain assessment; rehabilitation; sensitivity; specificity; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NORTH AMERICA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NORTH AMERICA; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856317663     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511414158     Document Type: Review

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