What is Needed to Establish Valid Predictors of WAD Recovery?
What is Needed to Establish Valid Predictors of WAD Recovery? Linda J. Carroll Fatemeh Vakilian WHAT IS NEEDED TO ESTABLISH VALID PREDICTORS OF WAD RECOVERY? You are a clinician with…
Quantifying Dysfunction in Whiplash Injury: Old Questions, New Methods
Quantifying Dysfunction in Whiplash Injury: Old Questions, New Methods James M. Elliott David M. Walton It is currently estimated that approximately 50% of people who report neck pain or related…
Trigeminal Pain and Sensitization: Proposal of a New Stochastic Model
Trigeminal Pain and Sensitization: Proposal of a New Stochastic Model Peter Svensson Abhishek Kumar In this chapter, we will discuss the complex relationship between cervical pain related to whiplash trauma…
Reorganized Motor and Sensorimotor Control in Whiplash: Implications for Training
Reorganized Motor and Sensorimotor Control in Whiplash: Implications for Training Deborah Falla Gwendolen Jull Whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) are a significant public health problem. Approximately 50% of those affected report persistent…
Morphology and Whiplash Injuries
Morphology and Whiplash Injuries Brian D. Stemper Brian D. Corner Whiplash injuries lead to significant worldwide disability, affecting a variety of individuals from younger to older age groups, men and…
Pain Signaling Systems from Injured Cervical Facet Joints
Pain Signaling Systems from Injured Cervical Facet Joints Meagan E. Ita Beth A. Winkelstein Chronic pain is a common symptom of whiplash-associated injuries. During whiplash, the spine undergoes abnormal motions,…
Mechanisms of Joint Pain
Mechanisms of Joint Pain Hans-Georg Schaible Pain in the musculoskeletal system is frequent and often chronic. In particular, some diseases of the joint are quite prominent causes of pain, namely,…
Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care William Baugh C. Wayne Maberry Medical doctors as a group and trauma surgeons in particular are unprepared to deal with multiple issues of faith and religion as these…
End-of-Life Care
End-of-Life Care Robert M. Nelson Jr. “Nothing could stop you. Not the best day. Not the quiet. Not the ocean rocking. You went on with your dying.” —Elegy for My…
Ethical Issues in Trauma Care
Ethical Issues in Trauma Care James Forrest Calland C. William Schwab Caring for a patient during what is often the greatest crisis of their lifetime often leads to ethical and…
