Post-traumatic stress symptom clusters in acute whiplash associated disorder and their prediction of chronic pain-related disability

Pain Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Maujean, Annick ^a,b   Gullo, Matthew J ^c   Andersen, Tonny Elmose ^d   Ravn, Sophie Lykkegaard ^d,e   Sterling, Michele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e The Specialized Hospital for Polio and Accident Victims   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disability; Neck pain; Post traumatic stress; PTSD; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056805166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24712531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000631     Document Type: Article

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