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Neurobehavioral findings in whiplash patients with long‐lasting symptoms
Author(s) -
Olsnes B. T.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1989.tb03931.x
Subject(s) - whiplash , sequela , medicine , neuropsychology , whiplash injury , poison control , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , emergency medicine , cognition
Thirty‐four patients with persistent symptoms following whiplash injury and 21 controls with somatic complaints resembling those of the whiplash patients, but with no history of trauma, were studied. Forty‐eight neuropsychological test variables were analyzed. The results indicated that whiplash patients with chronic symptoms are not much impaired in their performance as compared with controls. The differences found were not sufficiently strong to be taken as consistent evidence of brain damage occurring as a sequela of whiplash injury.