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Whiplash
Vladimir Hachinski, MD, DSc
Arch Neurol. 2000;57:594.
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FEW CONDITIONS rouse emotions as quickly as a discussion of whiplash, and yet plausible explanations for the phenomenon are slowly beginning to emerge.
Bogduk and Teasell point out that after acute injury most patients recover rapidly, 80% being asymptomatic by 1 year, 15% to 20% remaining symptomatic, 5% severely so. This is in keeping with Berry's observation that drivers of demolition derbies seldom experience chronic symptoms or disability, despite thousands of collisions. The contributors differ in their explanations for chronic symptoms. Bogduk and Teasell state that those with chronic symptoms are likely to have a substantive injury, whereas Berry points out that too often a simplistic physical explanation is sought for this multifaceted condition. Bogduk and Teasell refer to a study in which psychological distress was relieved when the pain was. If the pain recurred, the psychological distress reappeared, but if the pain was removed, once . . . [Full Text of this Article]
London, Ontario
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