Does structured patient education improve the recovery and clinical outcomes of patients with neck pain? A systematic review from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration

Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1524-1540

  Yu, Hainan ^a,b   Côté, Pierre ^a   Southerst, Danielle ^a,b   Wong, Jessica J ^a,b   Varatharajan, Sharanya ^a,b   Shearer, Heather M ^a,b   Gross, Douglas P ^c   van der Velde, Gabrielle M ^d,e   Carroll, Linda J ^c   Mior, Silvano A ^a,b   Ameis, Arthur ^f   Jacobs, Craig L ^a,b   Taylor Vaisey, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neck pain and associated disorders; Outcome; Patient education; Recovery; Systematic review; Whiplash associated disorders

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEAR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHIPLASH INJURY; ADULT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84902037874     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.03.039     Document Type: Review

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