Course and Prognostic Factors for Neck Pain in Whiplash-Associated Disorders (WAD)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · University Health Network · +14 more institutions
Abstract
In Brief Study Design. Best evidence synthesis. Objective. To perform a best evidence synthesis on the course and prognostic factors for neck pain and its associated disorders in Grades I–III whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). Summary of Background Data. Knowledge of the course of recovery of WAD guides expectations for recovery. Identifying prognostic factors assists in planning management and intervention strategies and effective compensation policies to decrease the burden of WAD. Methods. The Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and its Associated Disorders (Neck Pain Task Force) conducted a critical review of the literature published between 1980 and 2006 to assemble the best evidence…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 49.99
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 74
Authors
12- LCLinda CarrollCorresponding
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University Health Network, University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, University Medical Center, Orthopaedic Center, New York University
- LWLena W. Holm
Toronto Western Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stanford University
- SHSheilah Hogg‐Johnson
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States), University of California, Los Angeles, University of Toronto, Institute for Work & Health, New York University
- PCPierre CôtéCorresponding
Institute for Work & Health
- JDJ. David CassidyCorresponding
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University Health Network, University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, University Medical Center, Karolinska Institutet, Orthopaedic Center, New York University, Stanford University
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Whiplash
- Neck pain
- Physical therapy
- Evidence-based medicine
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Poison control
- Alternative medicine