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Volume 151, Issue 2 , Pages 440-446 , November 2010

Activity-related summation of pain and functional disability in patients with whiplash injuries

  • Michael J.L. Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Christian Larivière

      Affiliations

    • Occupational Health and Safety, Research Institute Robert-Sauvé, 505, boul. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 3C2
    • ,
  • Maureen Simmonds

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational and Physical Therapy, McGill University, Davis House, 3654 Promenade Sir William Osler [Map], Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y5

Received 30 January 2010 ,Revised 31 July 2010 ,Accepted 4 August 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.08.005

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