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Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce Fleming, MD June 2002
... by the ever-present concern of cervical spine stability. [1-3]  An estimated 200 000 radiographs of the cervical spine ... in the exposure of patients to ionizing radiation. [1,4-6] Some authorities still recommend the routine inclusion ... finding of midline posterior neck tenderness is present. [1,3]  It is recognized that patients sustaining a cervical ...
Editorials / BY: Murray Allen, MD June 2002
... effect upon social and economic policy. Editorials Part 1—Whiplash: An enigma (Guest editorial) ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2002
... symptoms found it to be no better than placebo. [1] The three English-language RCTs on valerian paint a murky ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie J. Hayes, PhD July/August 2002
... demonstrate non-organic (medically incongruent) signs. [1,2]  Environmental contingencies are responsible for their ...
Clinical Articles / BY: William J. Koch, PhD July/August 2002
... treated it as a traumatically induced fear condition, [1]  more recent theories have integrated a wealth of data ... for PTSD. These symptoms must have lasted at least 1 month and cause significant distress and/or disability. ... and two-thirds of original PTSD cases remit fully within 1 year. However, this leaves nearly 15% of original accident ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Allen, MD July/August 2002
... the BC Whiplash Initiative, under the name  Neck Talk , [1]  and is based on the works in this edition of the  BC ... classified in three types, by degree of the injury.  Type 1:  A mild case, which starts with a delay of symptoms by ... to work or other normal functions within a year. In type 1 whiplash, if full recovery is not prompt, then there may be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bogdan P. Radanov, MD July/August 2002
... acceleration-deceleration mechanism of injury (whiplash). [1]  Patients may present without a history of significant ... or cognitive symptoms following mild whiplash trauma, [1-4]  a tissue damage cause, and a basis on which these ... on physical, neurological, and/or MRI examination. [1,4,7]  But these are not conclusive tests. For this reason ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Ferrari, MD, FRCPC July/August 2002
... of the 202 subjects involved in a rear-end car collision 1 year to 3 years earlier had persistent or disabling ... that could conceivably be linked to the collision. [1]  In this study, of 202 collision victims, 31 recalled ... a week and only two subjects had neck pain for more than 1 month. Due to recall problems, the true incidence of ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson July/August 2002
... 33 cases involving errors. Phillip Hébert’s article [1]  on the ethics of disclosure of error provides a succinct ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD July/August 2002
... their own areas of expertise. • If a patient must wait 1 to 2 years for a treatment, is that treatment really ...