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- Whiplash is caused by a sprain of the neck ligaments and strain on surrounding muscles, often resulting from sudden acceleration or deceleration movements.
- Common symptoms include neck pain, stiffness, muscle spasms, and various discomforts that can disrupt work and daily activities.
- In response to over 15,000 job-related whiplash cases in 2000, an expert team was formed to create evidence-based guidelines aimed at promoting early treatment to help patients recover quickly and resume their regular lives.
Article Abstract
Whiplash is a sprain of the ligament with strain of the paraspinal muscles due to acceleration or back acceleration of energy transmitted to the neck. The symptoms are neck pain, neck stiffness, muscular spasm and a multitude of discomforts that affect job-related and activities of daily living. In 2000, the Mexican Social Security System treated more than 15,000 cases of whiplash due to job-related activities. With this information, we organized an expert team in order to develop guidelines using methodology of evidence-based medicine and with a focus on early treatment prescribed by the general practitioner in order for the patient to obtain quick relief and to return the patient to his job and to his daily living activities as soon as possible.
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