Why Does Acute Post Whiplash Injury Pain Transform into Chronic Pain? Multi-Modal Assessment of Risk Factors and Predictors of Pain Chronification

Abstract

This project aim to find why some acute mTBI patients turn into chronic pain patients, and other do not. We recruit patients immediately after the accident, and get them through clinical, pshcyophysical and psychological assessment, brain MRI, EEG, and genetic tests. We then follow up on the pain levels along one year. All clinical work is done in Israel, analysis is done in cooperation with leading teams in the US, Canada and Australia. So far we recruited 346 patients, 196 of them participated in the first visit within 72 hours after the accident, 155 participants answered the 3 months follow up questions, 141 answered the 6 months, and 101 answered the 12 months follow up questions. 52 participated in the 6 months visit and 42 participated in the 12 months visit, of which 18 participants were tested in both sessions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1064011

Entities

People

  • David Yarnitsky

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Age Groups
  • Brain Injuries
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Genetics
  • Headache Disorders
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Intervention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Pain
  • Perception
  • Risk
  • Risk Factors
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Therapy
  • Trauma
  • Whiplash
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology