Evidence-based care in high- and low-risk groups following whiplash injury: a multi-centre inception cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Studies aimed at improving the provision of evidence-based care (EBC) for the management of acute whiplash injuries have been largely successful. However, whether EBC is broadly provided and whether delivery of EBC varies based on risk of non-recovery, is uncertain. Receiving EBC should improve recovery, though this relationship has yet to be established. Further, mitigating the effect of EBC is the relationship with the practitioner, a phenomenon poorly understood in WAD. This study aimed to determine the proportion of individuals with whiplash, at differing baseline risk levels, receiving EBC. This study also aimed to determine whether receiving EBC and the therapeutic relationship were associated with recovery at 3 months post injury. METHODS:Participants with acute whiplash

SUBMITTER: Griffin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836463 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature