Pre- and post-operative gait analysis for evaluation of neck pain in chronic whiplash

摘要: Chronic neck pain after whiplash is notoriously refractory to conservative treatment, and positive radiological findings explain the symptoms are scarce. The apparent disproportionality between subjective complaints objective significant for planning of impairment ratings, judicial questions on causation. However, failure identify a symptom's focal origin with routine imaging studies does not invalidate symptom per se. It therefore general interest both develop effective therapeutic strategies in chronic whiplash, establish techniques objectively evaluation treatment outcomes. Twelve patients underwent pre- postoperative computerized 3D gait analysis. Significant improvement was found all parameters, cervical range-of-motion, self reported (VAS). associated abnormal spine motion patterns. analysis useful instrument assess outcome pain.