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Greater Injury Leads to More Treatment for Whiplash: No Surprises Here—Reply
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Croft erroneously states that we assumed that claim closure is a proxy for recovery. In fact, as indicated in our article, we studied the validity of claim closure as an indicator of health recovery and reported a strong and independent relationship between the rate of recovery, as measured by self-reports of neck pain intensity, physical functioning and depressive symptomatology, and the rate of claim closure.1-2 The same issue has been raised previously and was answered in detail at the time.3 Croft also inaccurately states that we did not contact the claimants during follow-up. Claimants who consented were mailed follow-up questionnaires at approximately 6 weeks, 4 months, 8 months, and 12 months after collision.1-2 We invite Croft to review our study methodology, which we have described in detail.1-2
Croft incorrectly assumes that we investigated the impact of the cumulative patterns of care throughout the course of recovery. As explicitly . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Pierre Côté, DC, PhD;
Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, PhD;
J. David Cassidy, DC, PhD, DrMedSc;
Linda Carroll, PhD;
John W. Frank, MD, MSc;
Claire Bombardier, MD
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