Clinical practice guidelines for the management of conditions related to traffic collisions: A systematic review by the OPTIMa Collaboration

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 471-489

  Wong, Jessica J ^a,b   Côté, Pierre ^a,c   Shearer, Heather M ^a,b   Carroll, Linda J ^d   Yu, Hainan ^a,b   Varatharajan, Sharanya ^a,b   Southerst, Danielle ^a,b   Van Der Velde, Gabrielle ^e,f,g   Jacobs, Craig ^a,b   Taylor Vaisey, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c Canada Research Department in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; Anxiety; Injuries; Traffic; Traumatic brain injury; Whiplash; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANXIETY; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84924347869     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.932448     Document Type: Review

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