Motor vehicle crash reconstruction: Does it relate to the heterogeneity of whiplash recovery?

James M Elliott, Brad E Heinrichs, David M Walton, Todd B Parrish, D Mark Courtney, Andrew C Smith, Jasmine Hunt, Mary J Kwasny, Marie Wasielewski and Gunter P Siegmund

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-11

Abstract: Whiplash injury is a common consequence of motor vehicle crashes (MVC), yet it is also one of the most poorly understood. While more than 50% of those injured should expect to rapidly recover, others are not as fortunate with approximately 25% of those exposed to and injured in an MVC transitioning from acute to chronic pain and disability. The purpose of this prospective study was to determine if the severity and direction of collisions involving participants enrolled in a longitudinal study of recovery from whiplash are able to differentiate between different recovery groups based on the neck disability index (NDI) percentage scores at 3-months, and if these crash specific parameters are associated with known risk factors for recovery. Here, we examined objective collision data, repair invoices, and characteristics of the crash for 37 acutely injured participants consented and enrolled at their emergency department visit and further assessed at three time points;

Date: 2019
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