Emergency department treatments and physiotherapy for acute whiplash: A pragmatic, two-step, randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9866, 2013, Pages 546-556

  Lamb, Sarah E ^a,b   Gates, Simon ^a   Williams, Mark A ^a   Williamson, Esther M ^a   Mt Isa, Shahrul ^c   Withers, Emma J ^a   Castelnuovo, Emanuela ^a   Smith, Jessica ^a   Ashby, Deborah ^c   Cooke, Matthew W ^a   Petrou, Stavros ^a   Underwood, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 84873724668     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61304-X     Document Type: Article

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