Letter: Whiplash injury, or homage to Minerva.
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Letter on whiplash injury.
I read Adrian White’s summaries and commentaries on the Pilot study in whiplash1 2 with great interest. In the United Kingdom, a high percentage of car insurance claims were related to whiplash injury, most commonly as a result from road traffi c accidents. It can have a major impact on the patients’ income as some can be off work for more than 6 months after injury.3 These patients usually pre...
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BACKGROUND Exposure to a whiplash injury implies a risk for development of chronic disability and handicap, with reported frequencies ranging from 0% to 50% in follow-up studies. The exact risk for development of chronic whiplash syndrome is not known. OBJECTIVE To prospectively determine the sensitivity and specificity of five possible predictors for handicap following a whiplash injury. M...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Australia
دوره 2 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1973