Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S97-S107 , February 2009

Course and Prognostic Factors for Neck Pain in Whiplash-Associated Disorders (WAD) Results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders

  • Linda J. Carroll, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada
    • The Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Linda J. Carroll, 4075 RTF, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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  • Lena W. Holm, DrMedSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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  • Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Pierre Côtè, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada
    • Departments of Public Health Sciences, and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO), University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    • Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
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  • J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Public Health Sciences, and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO), University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    • Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
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  • Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, CA
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Margareta Nordin, PT, DrMedSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Environmental, Medicine and Program of Ergonomics and Biomechanics, School of Medicine and Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University, NY
    • Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center (OIOC), New York University Medical Center, NY
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  • Eric L. Hurwitz, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
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  • Eugene J. Carragee, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Standford, CA
    • Orthopaedic Spine Center and Spinal Surgery Service, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Standford, CA
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  • Gabrielle van der Velde, DC

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada
    • Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO), University Health Network Rehabilitation Solutions, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    • Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
    • Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Paul M. Peloso, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, Analgesia and Inflammation, Merck and Co. Rahway, NJ
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  • Jaime Guzman, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada
    • Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia, Canada

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 The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).

 Corporate/Industry, Foundation, and Professional Organizational funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.

 Reprinted from Carroll LJ et al. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). Results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine 2008;33:S83-92. Reprinted with permission from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

PII: S0161-4754(08)00341-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.11.014

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S97-S107 , February 2009

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