Incidence and predictors of neck and widespread pain after motor vehicle collision among US litigants and nonlitigants

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 309-321

  Mclean, Samuel A ^a   Ulirsch, Jacob C ^a   Slade, Gary D ^b   Soward, April C ^a   Swor, Robert A ^c   Peak, David A ^d   Jones, Jeffrey S ^e   Rathlev, Niels K ^f   Lee, David C ^g   Domeier, Robert M ^h   Hendry, Phyllis L ⁱ   Bortsov, Andrey V ^a   Bair, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^f BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Jurisprudence; Legislation; Motor vehicle collision; Musculoskeletal pain; Neck pain; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRBAG; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CATASTROPHIZING; COMPENSATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FINGER FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INJURY SEVERITY; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW SUIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OBESITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WHIPLASH INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

JURISPRUDENCE; LEGISLATION; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892832978     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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