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Active
Litigation Status Does Not Affect Psychological Distress or Disability
in the Setting of Whiplash Injury
Published November 1999
Reviewer: Richard E. Seroussi MD
Swartzman
L,Teasell R,Shapiro A,McDermid A. The effect of litigation status
on adjustment to whiplash injury. Spine 1996; 21:53-58.
Summary
- These authors
do not note increased disability, sleep difficulties, or psychological
problems among active litigants as compared to those who have
resolved their legal claim.
- They do find
an increased perception of pain among active litigants. However,
in this retrospective study, they can only speculate about the
effects of active litigation on pain perception.
- They note
that a prospective study would help sort out the relationship
of active litigation to pain perception. This would also help
to clear up any confounding effects noted here such as a longer
interval of follow-up after the date of injury for studying the
post-litigants versus active litigants.
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