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Whiplash Associated Disorder: The pathway from acute to chronic pain

The whiplash injury was first coined in 1928 by orthopedist Harold Crowe. It is the most common type of non-fatal injury following motor vehicle crashes. The recovery is usually within two to three weeks, however, up to 42 percent of whiplash-type injured patients’ transition from acute to chronic pain, according to a 1994 article on whiplash injury.