Does Overall Cervical Spine Pathology Relate to the Clinical Heterogeneity of Chronic Whiplash?

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

There remains limited evidence for the clinical importance of most imaging findings in whiplash. However, it is possible the type and number of findings on Computed Tomography (CT) may contribute to prognostic recovery models. The purpose is to interpret cervical spine pathologies in the context of known factors influencing recovery.

Materials and methods

This is a secondary analysis from a database of 97 acutely injured participants enrolled in a prospective inception cohort study. Thirty-eight participants underwent standard of care cervical spine CT in the emergency medicine department. All 38 participants were assessed at <1-week, 2-weeks, and 3-months post-injury and classified using percentage scores on the Neck Disability Index (recovered/mild (

SUBMITTER: Elliott JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7338223 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature