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Tencer, Allan F.; Mirza, Sohail; Cummings, Peter

Affiliations

¹Orthopedic Sciences Laboratory, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

²Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, and Harborview Injury Prevention Center, Seattle, WA

Abstract

Studying 432 patients with “whiplash” neck pain after a low speed rear-end crash, we determined whether those who reported associated symptoms (arm or low back pain) differed from those with neck pain only. Exposure variables were: age, gender, height, weight, surprised by impact, rotated position of the head, and pre-existing cervical or lumbar spinal degeneration. Immediate symptoms were considered. Odds ratios (OR) were derived from logistic regression. Only preexisting lumbar spinal degeneration was associated with having arm symptoms (OR = 9.6, CI = 1.1, 83.6) or low back pain (OR = 23.3, CI = 2.6, 206.7) along with neck pain.

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