Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 154-159 , April 2010

Relationships between pain thresholds, catastrophizing and gender in acute whiplash injury

  • Karine Rivest

      Affiliations

    • CRIR, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital site, Research Center, 3205 Place Alton Goldbloom, Laval, Quebec, Canada H7V 1R2
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 (450) 688 9550x4813; fax: +1 (450) 688 3673.
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  • Julie N. Côté

      Affiliations

    • McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Jean-Pierre Dumas

      Affiliations

    • Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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  • Michele Sterling

      Affiliations

    • Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
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  • Sophie J. De Serres

      Affiliations

    • McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 6 January 2009 ,Revised 29 September 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 154-159 , April 2010

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