TY - JOUR
T1 - Persistent post-traumatic headache, postconcussion syndrome, and whiplash injuries
T2 - The evidence for a non-traumatic basis with an historical review
AU - Evans, Randolph W.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - There has been intense controversy about postconcussion syndrome since Erichsen's publication in 1866 on railway brain and railway spine. The fascinating history of this debate will be reviewed and then the non-organic explanations for postconcussion syndrome, headaches after head injury, and chronic whiplash injuries and headaches will be explored including the following: psychogenic, psychosocial, sociocultural, base rate misattribution, chronic pain, compensation and litigation, and malingering.
AB - There has been intense controversy about postconcussion syndrome since Erichsen's publication in 1866 on railway brain and railway spine. The fascinating history of this debate will be reviewed and then the non-organic explanations for postconcussion syndrome, headaches after head injury, and chronic whiplash injuries and headaches will be explored including the following: psychogenic, psychosocial, sociocultural, base rate misattribution, chronic pain, compensation and litigation, and malingering.
KW - Historical aspects
KW - Post-traumatic headaches
KW - Postconcussion syndrome
KW - Railway spine
KW - Whiplash injuries
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01645.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01645.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20456159
AN - SCOPUS:77950524374
VL - 50
SP - 716
EP - 724
JO - Headache
JF - Headache
SN - 0017-8748
IS - 4
ER -