A new stratified risk assessment tool for whiplash injuries developed from a prospective observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kasch, Helge ^a   Kongsted, Alice ^b   Qerama, Erisela ^a   Bach, Flemming W ^c   Bendix, Tom ^d   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENSION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WHIPLASH INJURY; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 84873416106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002050     Document Type: Article

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