Cost of seat-belt-related whiplash injuries rising

E LeBourdais - CMAJ, 1999 - Can Med Assoc
In an address during the recent Whiplash-Associated Disorders World Congress in
Vancouver, Dr. Charles Galasko noted that the number of patients with whiplash-related …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of whiplash-associated disorder

CSB Galasko, P Murray, W Stephenson - British Columbia Medical Journal, 2002 - bcmj.org
The incidence of reported cases of whiplash has risen dramatically in many Western
countries. Since about 1982 (when statistics were first gathered), the incidence has risen in …

ER docs happy as CPR training made compulsory in Ontario

B Sibbald - CMAJ, 1999 - Can Med Assoc
In an address during the recent Whiplash-Associated Disorders World Congress in
Vancouver, Dr. Charles Galasko noted that the number of patients with whiplash-related …

Whiplash injuries and associated disorders: new insights into an old problem

B Rydevik, M Szpalski, M Aebi, R Gunzburg - European spine journal, 2008 - Springer
Summary The Medical Task Force of the Swedish Society of Medicine and the Whiplash
Commission has come to the following main conclusions: The term ''whiplash''is so generally …

Whiplash associated disorders

CSB Galasko, PA Murray, M Pitcher - … Technical Conference on the …, 1996 - safetylit.org
This paper reports the results of several studies the aims of which were to determine the
cost, prevalence, frequency of reporting and disability associated with whiplash associated …

" Whiplash associated disorders: redefining whiplash and its management" by the Quebec Task Force: a critical evaluation

MD Freeman, AC Croft, AM Rossignol - Spine, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. The two publications of the Quebec Task Force on Whiplash-Associated
Disorders were evaluated by the authors of this report for methodologic error and bias …

Whiplash injury.

PK Newman - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In regretting having coined the term" whiplash injury" in 1928, Harold Crowe later
emphasised that whiplash" describes only the manner in which a head was moved suddenly …

Whiplash injury

G Bannister, R Amirfeyz, S Kelley… - The Journal of Bone & …, 2009 - boneandjoint.org.uk
This review discusses the causes, outcome and prevention of whiplash injury, which costs
the economy of the United Kingdom approximately£ 3.64 billion per annum. Most cases …

Risk factors of poor prognosis after whiplash injury

S Suissa - Pain research and management, 2003 - hindawi.com
Whiplash, a common injury following motor vehicle crashes, is associated with high costs
and a prognosis that is variable and difficult to predict. In this paper, we review findings from …

The Quebec Task Force on whiplash-associated disorders and the British Columbia Whiplash Initiative: a study of insurance industry initiatives

RW Teasell, H Merskey - Pain Research and Management, 1999 - hindawi.com
Two studies on whiplash-associated disorders that were generated by insurance companies
were reviewed. The Quebec Task Force (QTF) report was comprised of a cohort study, a …