Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 48-53 , February 2010

Sensory hypoaesthesia is a feature of chronic whiplash but not chronic idiopathic neck pain

  • Andy Chien

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy and National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health (CCRE Spine), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
    • School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010 Australia
    • ,
  • Michele Sterling

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy and National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health (CCRE Spine), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
    • CONROD, Mayne Medical School, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. CONROD, Mayne Medical School, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane QLD 4006, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 3365 3444; fax: +61 7 3346 4603.

Received 29 December 2008 ,Revised 15 May 2009 ,Accepted 26 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.05.012

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 48-53 , February 2010

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