The Course of Serum Inflammatory Biomarkers Following Whiplash Injury and Their Relationship to Sensory and Muscle Measures: a Longitudinal Cohort Study

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Published online 2013 Oct 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077903

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Table 3

Physical and psychological data (mean ± SD) for WAD groups at each time point.

	PPT (C5) kPa	PPT (Tibialis Anterior) kPa	Cold Pain threshold °C	Heat Pain threshold °C	Total MFI	PDS (symptom score)	Catastrophising subscale CSQ
< 3 weeks	193.5 (106.7)	382.8 (140.8)	13.6 (7.7)	43.5 (3.8)	0.2 (0.03)	12.9 (13)	7.1 (8.9)
> 3 months	245.3 (117.7)	421.4 (171.7)	12.8 (8.2)	43.9 (3.5)	0.2 (0.04)	10.7 (12.4)	6.6 (7.6)

PPT: pressure pain threshold;
MFI: muscle fatty infiltrate;
PDS: posttraumatic stress diagnostic scale;
CSQ: coping strategies questionnaire