Somatic symptoms beyond those related to a whiplash injury are increased in chronic whiplash: The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
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1 Faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Bergen (UoB), 2 Research Unit on Mental Health Epidemiology, Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, UoB, 3 Division of Psychiatry, St Olav University Hospital, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 4 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, Department of Public Mental Health, Bergen, Norway
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Somatic symptoms beyond those generally associated with a whiplash injury are increased in self-reported chronic whiplash. A population-based cross sectional study: the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
BACKGROUND Chronic whiplash leads to considerable patient suffering and substantial societal costs. There are two competing hypothesis on the etiology of chronic whiplash. The traditional organic hypothesis considers chronic whiplash and related symptoms a result of a specific injury. In opposition is the hypothesis that chronic whiplash is a functional somatic syndrome, and related symptoms a ...
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تاریخ انتشار 2011