RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Whiplash injury: a reappraisal.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1329
OP 1331
DO 10.1136/jnnp.52.12.1329
VO 52
IS 12
A1 Pearce, J M
YR 1989
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/52/12/1329.abstract
AB Few topics provoke so much controversy or heated opinion, based on so little fact as whiplash injuries. In emergency departments, orthopaedic, neurological and rheumatological clinics, and not least in the Courts, this common syndrome is shrouded in mystery and creates clinical insecurity in those who attempt to explain its mechanism, its prognosis and treatment. These problems are compounded in medico-legal practice where the potential rewards of successful litigation may colour the clinical picture.