Ivo J Lutke Schipholt, Michel W Coppieters, Maaike Diepens, Trynke Hoekstra, Raymond W J G Ostelo, Mary F Barbe, Onno G Meijer, Hetty Bontkes, Gwendolyne G M Scholten-Peeters
We conducted an explorative prospective cohort study with six months follow-up to (1) identify different pain and disability trajectories following an episode of acute neck pain, and (2) assess whether neuroimmune/endocrine, psychological, behavioural, nociceptive processing, clinical outcome, demographic and management-related factors differ between these trajectories. Fifty people with acute neck pain (i.e., within two weeks of onset) were included. At baseline, and at two, four, six, 12 and 26 weeks follow-up, various neuroimmune/endocrine (e...
February 9, 2024: Journal of Pain