Are whiplash injuries associated with psychological variables?
While physical whiplash symptoms such as neck and shoulder pain are suffered by many following car accidents, medical professional have noted psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety and in those suffering whiplash injuries. Read more about signs and symptoms of whiplash injury. In order to find out more about whether a whiplash injury can actually trigger psychological symptoms, a study entitled Course of Psychological Variables in Whiplash Injury was carried out by Radanov et al (1996). A sample was obtained by announcing the study in the Swiss Medical Journal and by distribution of letters to primary care physicians in a particular catchment area consisting of around 800,000 people. Physicians were asked to refer whiplash injury patients if they fitted the following criteria: • They had sustained a whiplash injury according to the following definition: “a medical trauma leading to musculoligamental sprain or strain of the cervical spine as a result of hyperflexion/hyperten
