title: [Evaluation of long-term prognosis in patients with whiplash syndrome].
abstract: We reviewed 50 patients who sustained whiplash injuries of the neck. The mean time of the follow-up was 3 years. Only 16% of observed cases recovered completely. Residual symptoms were severe in 38%. Pain in the neck, headache and paraesthesia were the commonest complaints. Older patients and patients with significantly restricted movements of the neck, sharp local kyphotic deformity, chronic instability and neurologic involvement had a worse prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Institut za hirurgiju, Klinika za ortopedsku hirurgiju, Medicinski fakultet, Novi Sad.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milicić
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jovanović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milankov
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Savić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanković
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Mogućnosti procene udaljene prognoze bolesnika s "whiplash" sindromom.