Disability and rehabilitation
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The perception of pain and pain-related cognitions in subacute whiplash-associated disorders: its influence on prolonged disability.
To clarify the relations between the sensory, affective and cognitive dimensions of pain and to analyse what influence these components have on persistent disability in patients with subacute whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). ⋯ The treatment approach for patients with subacute WAD should incorporate the multidimensional nature of pain and to prevent disability special effort should be made to enhance the patient's self-efficacy beliefs.