Prevalence, severity (visual analogue scale), and duration (days) of symptoms recalled by 32 restrained car occupants with acute whiplash syndrome at a six months follow up
| Severity (VAS) and duration of symptoms (days) | n | % | Mean | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAS, visual analogue scale (0, no pain/disturbance; 10, maximum imaginable pain/disturbance). | |||||
| Neck pain | Severity | 29 | 90.6 | 4.3 | 1.1 to 7.5 |
| Duration | 44.2 | 1 to 180 | |||
| Head pain/headache | Severity | 13 | 40.6 | 3.4 | 0.6 to 6.3 |
| Duration | 50.9 | 1 to 180 | |||
| Shoulder pain | Severity | 2 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 2.5 to 4.3 |
| Duration | 100.5 | 21 to 180 | |||
| Other pain | Severity | 2 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Duration | 100.5 | 21 to 180 | |||
| Neck stiffness | Severity | 18 | 56.3 | 3.7 | 0.5 to 7.8 |
| Duration | 59.2 | 1 to 180 | |||
| Restriction of neck motion | Severity | 19 | 59.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 to 7.6 |
| Duration | 34.4 | 1 to 180 | |||
| Vertigo | Severity | 6 | 18.8 | 4.9 | 2.5 to 6.7 |
| Duration | 66.3 | 1 to 180 | |||
| Nausea | Severity | 4 | 12.5 | 5.8 | 4 to 9.3 |
| Duration | 8.3 | 1 to 28 | |||
| Dysphagia | Severity | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration | |||||
| Visual disturbance | Severity | 1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | |
| Duration | 1.0 | ||||
| Auditory disturbance | Severity | 1 | 3.1 | ||
| Duration | 1.3 | ||||