SOFT-TISSUE INJURIES OF THE CERVICAL SPINE

• DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b6.0780955
• Publication Date: 2018-02-21T11:54:29Z
• Authors: B. Squires; M. F. Gargan; G. C. Bannister
• Keywords: Neck pain; Whiplash Injury

Forty patients with a whiplash injury who had been reviewed previously 2 and 10 years after were assessed again mean of 15.5 by physical examination, pain psychometric testing. Twenty-eight (70%) continued to complain symptoms referable the original accident. Neck was commonest, but low-back present in half. Women older worse outcome. Radiating more common those severe symptoms. Evidence psychological disturbance seen 52% Between 15 accident 18% improved whereas 28% deteriorated.