TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Predictors of chronic sequelae in whiplash trauma
JO  - Ugeskrift for Laeger
A1  - Kasch, Helge
A1  - Kongsted, A.
A1  - Carstensen, Tina Birgitte Wisbech
SP  - 1821
EP  - 1824
VL  - 172
IS  - 24
N2  - Prognostic factors for chronic whiplash-associated disorder (WAD) are identified. In WAD grade I-III, 50% report neck pain after one year (30% in background population). There is a female preponderance among WAD cases. 10% develop a work disability, but no gender differences are found. Age, crash issues, magnetic resonance imaging of the neck and smooth-pursuit-neck-torsion-test are of no prognostic value. While reduced active neck mobility is associated with a 4.6 times raised risk for work disability after one year, the impact-of-event score yielded an increase in OR of 3.3, and intense pre-injury distress was associated with a 2.1 OR for pain after one year and a 2.8 OR for work disability. Intense headache/neck pain and a multitude of non-painful complaints were both associated with a 3.5 to 4.0 times raised risk of work disability after a year.<p />  <p>Language: da</p>
LA  - da
SN  - 0041-5782
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -