40% OF WHIPLASH PAIN PERSISTS FOR ONE YEAR: Disability following whiplash trauma is an important issue and often hotly debated. A recent study by Buitenhuis, de Jong, Jaspers, and Groothoff (2009) sought, “To investigate the consequences of neck pain after motor vehicle accidents in terms of disability for work and the relationship this has with symptom and work-related factors” (p. 262). The authors showed, “A total of 58.8% of the studied population with neck complaints was work-disabled after the accident” (Buitenhuis et al., 2009, p. 266). How the injury relates to the victims ability to manage personal and working activities has a large bearing on disability status and it is important that it is documented and measured. This paper outlined the cognitive aspects of neck injury. In this paper, the authors reviewed one study that stated “Research has shown that up to 40% of neck complaints may become chronic and persist for at least a year” (Buitenhuis et al., 2009, p. 262). It has been shown that the chronic disabling type of neck injury has the greatest impact on the victim as well as society.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:44:26 +0000
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