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Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 248-259 , 15 October 2008

Post-trauma ratings of pre-collision pain and psychological distress predict poor outcome following acute whiplash trauma: A 12-month follow-up study

  • Tina B.W. Carstensen

      Affiliations

    • The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Noerrebrogade 44, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 8949 4310; fax: +45 8949 4340.
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  • Lisbeth Frostholm

      Affiliations

    • The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Noerrebrogade 44, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Eva Oernboel

      Affiliations

    • The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Noerrebrogade 44, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Alice Kongsted

      Affiliations

    • The Back Research Center, Backcenter Funen, Ringe, Denmark
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  • Helge Kasch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Troels S. Jensen

      Affiliations

    • Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Per Fink

      Affiliations

    • The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Noerrebrogade 44, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark

Received 15 May 2007 ,Revised 11 March 2008 ,Accepted 8 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.04.008

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