Citation

Casey PP, Feyer AM, Cameron ID. Injury 2011; 42(1): 25-32.

Affiliation

Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2010.07.234

PMID

20678766

Abstract

CONTEXT: People with Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD) often experience pain and disability for extended periods of time. A large proportion of these people will seek treatment through a compensation process. Rarely is data related to people's health collected within the compensation process making it difficult to identify those that are at risk of delayed recovery and appropriately direct interventions. STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare people with WAD who have recovered with those that have not, within 3 months of injury and identify potential predictors of poorer health and non-recovery to inform claim screening processes. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: People who sustained a WAD and claimed compensation within an Australian Motor Accidents Compensation Scheme between November 2007 and June 2009. MEASURE OF RECOVERY: Functional Rating Index (FRI) score (

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