STUDY DESIGN This study examines the links between severity of whiplash associated disorder and costs and health outcomes. OBJECTIVE The study aims to estimate the economic costs and health-state utilities associated with disability levels and recovery trajectories after acute whiplash injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Data used were from the Managing Injuries of the Neck Trial, which coll...

BACKGROUND Minor impact soft tissue (MIST) is an insurance industry concept that seeks to identify late whiplash as a psychosocial phenomenon. However, the medical literature in this area has not been systematically reviewed since the Quebec Task Force's review in 1995. OBJECTIVE To review the medical literature which claims that late whiplash is an organic phenomenon causing significant disa...

Psychological factors such as post-traumatic stress and depression may play an important role in the recovery after whiplash injuries. Difficulties in psychosocial functioning with limitations in everyday life may dominate for some time after the injury. Our study therefore investigates the relationships between pain, post-traumatic stress, depression, and community integration. A set of questi...

fatal injury caused by bicycle accidents in many countries. when a motor vehicle collides with a bicycle, the results are often devastating as a cyclist has minimal protection from the hard exterior of a car and it is often the cyclist who will suffer incapacitating and potentially life-threatening injuries. vehicle drivers and passengers may suffer from broken glass injuries, whiplash and brui...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS The incidence and prognosis of whiplash injury from motor vehicle collisions may be related to eligibility for compensation for pain and suffering. On January 1, 1995, the tort-compensation system for traffic injuries, which included payments for pain and suffering, in Saskatchewan, Canada, was changed to a no-fault system, which did not include such payments. To determin...

Study Design: A prospective 1-year follow-up study of whiplash patients presenting with neurological signs/or symptoms (WADIII), and whiplash patients with neck pain but no neurologic findings (WADI/II). Objective: We hypothesize that WADI/II and WADIII are distinct entities, with regards to clinical presentation, pathoanatomy, and prognosis. Summary of Background Data: symptoms associated with...