Patterns of acute whiplash-associated disorder in the Lithuanian population after road traffic accidents.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1892Keywords:
whiplash-associated disorder, neck pain, headache, disability, traffic collision, neck trauma.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate acute whiplash-associated disorder in the Lithuanian population who are unaware of the phenomenon. DESIGN: Controlled cohort study. SUBJECTS/PATIENTS: Seventy-one patients were enrolled from the emergency departments of the Kaunas region of Lithuania following road traffic accidents, examined within 3-14 days after the accident, and compared with 53 matched controls. METHODS: Clinical neurological examination, including range of motion and motion-evoked pain or stiffness in the neckDownloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
All digitalized JRM contents is available freely online. The Foundation for Rehabilitation Medicine owns the copyright for all material published until volume 40 (2008), as from volume 41 (2009) authors retain copyright to their work and as from volume 49 (2017) the journal has been published Open Access, under CC-BY-NC licences (unless otherwise specified). The CC-BY-NC licenses allow third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for non-commercial purposes, provided proper attribution to the original work.
From 2024, articles are published under the CC-BY licence. This license permits sharing, adapting, and using the material for any purpose, including commercial use, with the condition of providing full attribution to the original publication.
