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Pain after a motor vehicle crash: The role of socio-demographics, crash characteristics, and peri-traumatic stress symptoms.
Abstract
The vast majority of individuals who come to the emergency department (ED) for care after a motor vehicle collision (MVC) are diagnosed with musculoskeletal strain only and are discharged to home. A significant subset of this population will still develop persistent pain and posttraumatic psychological sequelae may play an important role in pain persistence.