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Laporte S, Wang D, Lecompte J, Blancho S, Sandoz B, Feydy A, Lindberg P, Adrian J, Chiarovano E, de Waele C, Vidal PP. An Attempt of Early Detection of Poor Outcome after Whiplash. Front Neurol 2016; 7:177. [PMID: 27812348 PMCID: PMC5072109 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The main concern with whiplash is that a large proportion of whiplash patients experience disabling symptoms or whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) for months if not years following the accident. Therefore, identifying early prognostic factors of WAD development is important as WAD have widespread clinical and economic consequences. In order to tackle that question, our study was specifically aimed at combining several methods of investigation in the same WAD patients at the acute stage and 6 months later. Our longitudinal, open, prospective, multi-center study included 38 whiplash patients, and 13 healthy volunteers matched for age, gender, and socio-economic status with the whiplash group. Whiplash patients were evaluated 15-21 days after road accident, and 6 months later. At each appointment, patients underwent a neuropsychological evaluation, a full clinical neurological examination, neurophysiological and postural tests, oto-neurological tests, cervical spine cord magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with tractography (DTI). At 6 months, whiplash patients were categorized into two subgroups based on the results of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as having either favorable or unfavorable progression [an unfavorable classification corresponding to the presence of post-concussion symptom (PCS)] and we searched retrospectively for early prognostic factors of WAD predicting the passage to chronicity. We found that patients displaying high level of catastrophizing at the acute stage and/or post-traumatic stress disorder associated with either abnormalities in head or trunk kinematics, abnormal test of the otolithic function and at the Equitest or a combination of these syndromes, turned to chronicity. This study suggests that low-grade whiplash patients should be submitted as early as possible after the trauma to neuropsychological and motor control tests in a specialized consultation. In addition, they should be evaluated by a neuro-otologist for a detailed examination of vestibular functions, which should include cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential. Then, if diagnosed at risk of WAD, these patients should be subjected to an intensive preventive rehabilitation program, including vestibular rehabilitation if required.
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- Sebastien Laporte
- LBM/Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Arts et Metiers ParisTech , Paris , France
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- Plateforme d'étude de la Sensorimotricité, Université Paris Descartes , Paris , France
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- LBM/Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Arts et Metiers ParisTech , Paris , France
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- Institut pour la Recherche sur la Moelle épinière et l'Encéphale (IRME) , Paris , France
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- LBM/Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Arts et Metiers ParisTech , Paris , France
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- FR 3636, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM U894, Paris, France; Service de Radiologie B, APHP, CHU Cochin, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- FR 3636, Université Paris Descartes, INSERM U894 , Paris , France
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- COGNition and ACtion Group (COGNAC-G), Université Paris Descartes - CNRS UMR-MD - SSA , Paris , France
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- COGNition and ACtion Group (COGNAC-G), Université Paris Descartes - CNRS UMR-MD - SSA , Paris , France
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- COGNition and ACtion Group (COGNAC-G), Université Paris Descartes - CNRS UMR-MD - SSA , Paris , France
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Health, social, and economic consequences of neck injuries: a controlled national study evaluating societal effects on patients and their partners. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2013; 38:449-57. [PMID: 23238487 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3182819203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN National register-based matched case-control study. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the direct and indirect costs of neck injuries, except fractures, in a national sample of patients and their spouses. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Despite neck injuries causing significant socioeconomic burdens, there is insufficient information about the time course, as well as the effect on their spouses. METHODS Using records from the Danish National Patient Registry 1998-2009, all patients with a diagnosis of neck injury and their spouses were identified and compared with randomly chosen controls matched for age, sex, geographical area, and civil status. Direct costs included frequency of primary and hospital sector contacts and procedures and medication. Indirect costs included the effect on labor supply. Social transfer payments were included to illustrate the effect on national accounts. All cost data were extracted from national databases. RESULTS The register contributed 94,224 patients, and 372,341 matched controls were identified. The percentages of married or cohabiting individuals were approximately 47.5% in both groups. Patients with neck injury had significantly higher rates of health-related contacts, medication use, and higher socioeconomic costs than controls. To a lesser extent, they also had lower employment rates, and those employed generally had lower incomes. Furthermore, the patients had already presented negative social- and health-related status up to 11 years before the first diagnosis, which became more pronounced for those with the highest costs. The health effects on costs were present regardless of age group and sex, and it was also seen for the patients' spouses. CONCLUSION Neck injuries are associated with major socioeconomic consequences for patients, their spouses, and the society. However, the increased expenses during subsequent years cannot be explained by the injury alone, because these patients already had elevated expenses prior to the injury. This indicates some selection of increased vulnerability for both patients and their spouses.
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Validity and Determinants of Clinicians’ Return to Work Judgments for Individuals Following Whiplash Injury. PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY & LAW 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s12207-010-9084-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE To investigate the consequences of neck pain after motor vehicle accidents in terms of disability for work and the relationship this has with symptom and work-related factors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Previous studies on work disability related to whiplash are very heterogeneous, are often limited in sample size and show a wide variability in terms of results. A relationship has been suggested between poor recovery from or persistent work disability after whiplash and female gender, older age, marital status, heavy manual work, self-employment, prior psychological problems, subjective complaints of poor concentration, pain catastrophizing, and kinesiophobia. METHODS Individuals with neck complaints after involvement in traffic accidents, who initiated compensation claim procedures with a Dutch insurance company (n = 879), were sent questionnaires (Q1) concerning the accident, the injuries that they had sustained, their complaints at that time, and questions regarding work and disability. The course of complaints and work disability was monitored at 6 (Q2) and 12 months (Q3) after the accident. RESULTS A total of 58.8% of the population with neck complaints studied was work-disabled after the accident. Age and impaired concentration complaints after 1 month were found to be related to work disability at 1 year, independent of physical complaints and work characteristics. CONCLUSION Age and concentration complaints were important independent predictors of long-lasting work disability, whereas no evidence emerged to indicate that the degree of manual labor (blue or white collar work) or educational level was involved in persistent work disability in postwhiplash syndrome. The current results suggest that work disability could benefit most from interventions related to recovery from cognitive complaints and less from physically related interventions.
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STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE This study investigates the role of pain catastrophizing and causal beliefs with regard to severity and persistence of neck complaints after motor vehicle accidents. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA.: In previous research on low back pain, somatoform disorders and chronic fatigue syndrome, pain catastrophizing and causal beliefs were found to be related to perceived disability and prognosis. Furthermore, it has been argued with respect to whiplash that culturally dependent symptom expectations are responsible for a chronic course. METHODS Individuals involved in traffic accidents who initiated compensation claim procedures with a Dutch insurance company were sent questionnaires (Q1) containing the Neck Disability Index, the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, and the Causal Beliefs Questionnaire-Whiplash. Of 1252 questionnaires dispatched, 747 (59.7%) were returned. Only car occupants with neck complaints were included in this study (n = 140). Complaints were monitored using additional questionnaires administered 6 (Q2) and 12 months (Q3) after the accident. RESULTS Pain catastrophizing and causal beliefs were related to the severity of concurrent whiplash disability. The severity of initial complaints was related to the severity and persistence of whiplash complaints. Attributing initial neck complaints to whiplash was found to predict the persistence of disability at 6 and 12 months follow-up, over and above the severity of the initial complaints. CONCLUSION The results suggest that causal beliefs may play a major role in the perceived disability and course of neck complaints after motor vehicle accidents, whereas pain catastrophizing is predominantly related to concurrent disability.The current findings are consistent with the view that an early conviction that neck complaints are caused by the medico-cultural entity whiplash has a detrimental effect on the course of symptoms.
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Rydevik B, Szpalski M, Aebi M, Gunzburg R. Whiplash injuries and associated disorders: new insights into an old problem. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0484-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Hagan KS, Naqui SZH, Lovell ME. Relationship between occupation, social class and time taken off work following a whiplash injury. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2008; 89:624-6. [PMID: 18201479 DOI: 10.1308/003588407x202029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Little has been published about occupational and social factors in relation to time off work following a whiplash injury. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analysed 800 medicolegal case sheets from a consultant orthopaedic surgeon's practice. RESULTS Of those injured, 596 were working and 204 were unemployed or retired. The working group was further analysed. Severity of injury was estimated by analysing velocity of injury combined with vehicular damage. Mean time off work for a minor injury was 10.6 days, moderate 12.1 days, severe 13.8, and very severe 24.9 (P < 0.05). Looking at work categories as previously described in the literature, 20.5 days were taken off by heavy manual workers, light manual 15.7, driving 13.9, secretarial 9.2 and sedentary 12.8 (P < 0.05). Analysing as per social class showed that professionals required 7.0 days, intermediate 14.7 days, skilled non-manual 16.1 days, skilled manual 34.2 days, semi-skilled manual 33.2 days, and unskilled manual 11.5 days (P < 0.05). Nearly a third (31.2%) required no time off work, after 4 days off, 52.1% had returned to work and 90.1% were back at work after 30 days. Time off lasting more than 12 weeks occurred in 29 cases (4.9%). CONCLUSIONS Job style, severity of injury and social class have a bearing on time taken off work after road traffic accidents causing whiplash injury.
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- K S Hagan
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, South Manchester University Hospital NHS Trust, Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK
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Whiplash is neck pain experienced as a result of a motor vehicle collision or similar trauma. Following a motor vehicle collision, 15% to 40% of patients with acute neck pain develop chronic neck pain. The cervical facet joint is the most common source of chronic neck pain after whiplash injury, followed by disk pain. Some patients experience pain from both structures. Initial management recommendations need not be directed toward an exact structural cause, but treatment includes advising the patient to remain active, prescribing medications when necessary, and providing advice regarding the generally favorable outcome. When neck pain persists, the physician should recommend medial branch blocks of the dorsal rami of the spinal nerves that supply the putative painful facet joint or joints; this is done to determine whether the facet joints are the cause of pain. When significant relief occurs on two occasions, radiofrequency neurotomy typically provides substantial relief for approximately 8 to 12 months and can be repeated indefinitely as needed. Occasionally, long-term treatment with medication may be indicated. Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion is necessary on rare occasions.
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Croft AC, Philippens MMGM. The RID2 biofidelic rear impact dummy: a pilot study using human subjects in low speed rear impact full scale crash tests. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2007; 39:340-6. [PMID: 17094931 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2005] [Revised: 05/24/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Human subjects and the recently developed RID2 rear impact crash test dummy were exposed to a series of full scale, vehicle-to-vehicle crash tests. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the biofidelity of the RID2 anthropometric test dummy on the basis of calculated neck injury criterion (NIC) values by comparing these values to those obtained from human subjects exposed in the very same crashes. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The widely used and familiar hybrid III dummy has been said to lack biofidelity in the special application of low speed rear impact crashes. Several attempts have been made to modify this dummy with only marginal success. Two completely new dummies have been developed; the BioRID and the RID2. Neither have been tested under real world crash boundary conditions in side-by-side comparisons with live human subjects. METHODS Volunteer subjects, including a 50th percentile male, a 95th percentile male, and a 50th percentile female, were placed in the driver's seat of a vehicle and subjected to a series of three low speed rear impact crashes each. The RID2 dummy, which is modeled after a 50th percentile male, was placed in the passenger seat in each case. Both subjects and dummy were fully instrumented and acceleration-time histories were recorded. From this data, velocities of the heads and torsos were determined and both were used to calculate the NIC values for both crash test subjects and the RID2. RESULTS The RID2 demonstrated generally higher head accelerations and NIC values than those of the human subjects. Most of the observed variations might be explained on the basis of differing head restraint geometry, posture, and body size. The RID2 NIC values compared most favorably with those of the 50th percentile male subject. For the whole group, the correlations between RID2 and human subjects did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS The small number of test subjects and crash tests limited the statistical power of this pilot study, and the correlation between the RID2 and human subject NIC values were not statistically significant. The overall qualitative performance and biofidelity of the RID2 was reasonable when compared with the male human 50th percentile subject. Its overall higher ranges of head acceleration and calculated NIC values compared to all of the human subjects were generally consistent. This condition could likely be improved by increasing the stiffness of the RID2 neck. Biofidelic validation of the RID2 will require ongoing testing using a larger number of human subjects and varying boundary conditions. The results of this pilot study, while encouraging, should be considered preliminary.
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- Arthur C Croft
- Spine Research Institute of San Diego, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Center for Research into Automotive Safety & Health, United States.
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Jones A, Elklit A. The association between gender, coping style and whiplash related symptoms in sufferers of whiplash associated disorder. Scand J Psychol 2007; 48:75-80. [PMID: 17257372 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00543.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to examine specifically whether the relationship between coping style and symptoms of whiplash injury change as a function of gender. A total of 1709 sufferers of whiplash associated disorder (1349 women, 360 men) belonging to the Danish Society for Polio, Traffic and Accident Victims completed questionnaires measuring demographic and psychological factors (including coping style), and symptoms of whiplash trauma (including pain). Men and women were not found to differ significantly in their use of coping strategies, however emotion focused coping strategies were related significantly more strongly to whiplash related symptoms in men compared to women. Women were found to display more symptoms related to whiplash injury compared to men. Possible reasons for the present findings are discussed in light of related research indicating mood as a potential moderating variable in the relationship between maladaptive coping style and degree of symptoms related to injury in men.
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- Allan Jones
- Department of Psychology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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Lankester BJA, Garneti N, Gargan MF, Bannister GC. Factors predicting outcome after whiplash injury in subjects pursuing litigation. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2005; 15:902-7. [PMID: 16382310 PMCID: PMC3489443 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-0936-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2002] [Revised: 02/25/2005] [Accepted: 04/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Records of 277 patients presenting for medicolegal reporting following isolated whiplash injury were studied retrospectively. A range of pre-accident, accident and response variables were recorded. Multivariate analysis was used to determine the main factors that predict physical and psychological outcome after whiplash injury. The factors that showed significant association with poor outcome on both physical and psychological outcome scales were pre-injury back pain, high frequency of General Practitioner attendance, evidence of pre-injury depression or anxiety symptoms, front position in the vehicle and pain radiating away from the neck after injury. The strongest associations were with factors that are present before impact. In this selected cohort of patients, there is a physical and a psychological vulnerability that may explain the widely varied response to low violence indirect neck injury.
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- B. J. A. Lankester
- Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, UK
- Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB UK
- Underhill Cottage, Stone Allerton, Axbridge, BS26 2NR UK
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- Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, UK
- Specialist Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, York Hospital, Wigginton Road, York, YO31 8HE UK
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- Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, UK
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Marlborough Street, Bristol, BS1 3NU UK
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- Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, UK
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 5NB UK
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Scuderi GJ, Sherman AL, Brusovanik GV, Pahl MA, Vaccaro AR. Symptomatic cervical disc herniation following a motor vehicle collision: return to work comparative study of workers' compensation versus personal injury insurance status. Spine J 2005; 5:639-44; discussion 644. [PMID: 16291103 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2004] [Accepted: 04/05/2005] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Patients with approved workers' compensation injuries receive guaranteed compensation for the duration of their injury, whereas patients with personal injury claims are only compensated, if at all, at the time of a successful settlement or trial verdict at a time point distant from their injury. PURPOSE This study compares the financial impact and loss of work patterns due to a workers' compensation (WC) claim or personal injury in patients with a symptomatic cervical disc herniation resulting from a motor vehicle collision. STUDY DESIGN A prospective study of patients who were seen by a single spine specialist between 1/2/96 and 9/1/01. PATIENT SAMPLE A consecutive evaluation of 531 patients who were treated for a cervical pain syndrome caused by a motor vehicle collision. OUTCOME MEASURES Mechanism of injury and insurance type, ie, workers' compensation or personal injury, was recorded for each patient as well as treatment response and return to work patterns. The data were analyzed using the two-way Z test. METHODS All patients were managed in a similar manner with noninvasive treatment initially, followed by injections, and finally surgical intervention in those who failed conservative measures. Return to work rates and work disability were determined at either final follow-up or at the last doctor's visit before loss to follow-up. RESULTS 270 of 531 patients were diagnosed with a symptomatic one or two level disc herniation by a cervical magnetic resonance imaging scan. Fifty-four patients were insured through the workers' compensation board, and 216 reported their crash as a personal injury claim. In the WC group the work disability at 3 months follow-up revealed a cumulative 2,262 total lost days of work (average 37.1 days per person). At the point of maximal medical improvement (MMI) or 2-year follow-up, total days lost from work were 7,107 (average 131.6 days per person.) In the personal injury non-WC group, the 3-month follow-up of lost days of work was 1,093 days (average 5.1 days per person.) At 2 years follow-up, the total lost days of work were 6,206 (average 28.7 days per person.) CONCLUSIONS Participants compensated through the workers' compensation system demonstrated a significant loss of days of work as compared with injured patients who received compensation by other means. This may be a reflection of the guaranteed method of compensation afforded to WC patients as opposed to patients who receive no form of financial support (i.e., personal injury) during the recuperative process. Further analysis as to injury severity and a stratification of non-workers' compensation reimbursement methods are needed to further improve the validity of this study.
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- Gaetano J Scuderi
- Private Practice, Parkway Regional Medical Center, 160 NW 170th Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33169, USA
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Lankester BJA, Garneti N, Bannister GC. The classification of outcome following whiplash injury--a comparison of methods. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2004; 13:605-9. [PMID: 15197625 PMCID: PMC3476659 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0686-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2003] [Revised: 12/12/2003] [Accepted: 01/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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There are many definitions and classifications of chronic neck pain and of neck pain following whiplash injury, many of them developed for a single study. This study compares three different outcome measures (neck disability index, Gargan and Bannister grade, general health questionnaire) in 277 patients who were examined for medicolegal reporting following isolated whiplash injury. There is significant correlation between the physical outcome scales and also between the physical and psychological outcome scales examined (both p <0.01). Definitions of chronic neck pain (with or without whiplash injury) and measures to assess and classify patients with chronic symptoms are reviewed. We recommend the use of a simple self-administered questionnaire that does not require physical measurement as the most useful tool in the evaluation of these patients and the most accurate method of classifying outcome.
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Crawford JR, Khan RJK, Varley GW. Early management and outcome following soft tissue injuries of the neck-a randomised controlled trial. Injury 2004; 35:891-5. [PMID: 15302243 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/26/2004] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A total of 108 consecutive patients presenting to our hospital following a soft tissue injury of the neck from a road traffic accident were included in a prospective trial. Each patient was randomised to either early mobilisation using an exercise regime or 3 weeks treatment in a soft collar followed by the same exercise regime. Patients were assessed clinically at 3, 12 and 52 week intervals from injury. No differences were found between the two groups for pain, range of movement or activities of daily living at any of the follow up intervals. The collar treatment group took significantly longer to return to work after injury (17 days) compared with the early mobilisation group (34 days), P < 0.05. Treatment with a soft collar was found to have no obvious benefit in terms of functional recovery after neck injury and was associated with a prolonged time period off work. This study supports the use of an early mobilisation regime following soft tissue injuries of the neck.
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- John R Crawford
- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Peterborough District Hospital, Thorpe Road, Peterborough PE3 6DA, UK.
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Pettersson K, Brändström S, Toolanen G, Hildingsson C, Nylander PO. Temperament and character: prognostic factors in whiplash patients? EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2004; 13:408-14. [PMID: 15048562 PMCID: PMC3476580 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0681-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2003] [Revised: 09/29/2003] [Accepted: 01/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We studied the relationship between whiplash injury and personality in 40 whiplash patients who admitted the hospital within 8 h from the car accident and 80 age- and gender-matched controls. For this purpose we used the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). We found that personality dimensions in whiplash patients both in the acute phase and at follow-up 2 years later showed the same results, i.e., significantly less Harm Avoidant (less anxious; low HA) than controls, but when dividing patients into groups depending on severity of outcome from whiplash injury 2 years after, no differences were found. According to our results personality symptoms related to whiplash injury is probably not a secondary phenomenon. Whiplash patients were normally developed in character, i.e., self-directedness (SD), and CO (cooperativeness) and therefore in general are capable of coping with their somatic problems.
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