Management of acute whiplash: A randomized controlled trial of multidisciplinary stratified treatments

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1798-1806

  Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Kenardy, Justin ^b   Hendrikz, Joan ^b   Cohen, Milton ^c   Sterling, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute whiplash; Multidisciplinary management; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACUTE WHIPLASH; MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPPLE DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881668639     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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