Managing Injuries of the Neck Trial (MINT): a randomised controlled trial of treatments for whiplash injuries

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Economic and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Whiplash Associated Disorders

“…It uses a large dataset from a randomised controlled trial (MINT), which followed people through the recovery process 14 . The longitudinal dataset made it possible to consider costs and QALYs over the entire follow-up period, as well as at individual time points.…”

“…Participants completed resource use questionnaires at 4, 8 and 12 months, asking for details of all hospital inpatient, outpatient, and community healthcare and social services used, diagnostic tests undertaken and medications prescribed 14 . National unit costs (2009 prices, UK£) were applied to these data 22 , which were added to patient recorded expenditures on privately purchased healthcare to give total per patient societal costs 14 .…”

“…National unit costs (2009 prices, UK£) were applied to these data 22 , which were added to patient recorded expenditures on privately purchased healthcare to give total per patient societal costs 14 .…”

Psychological Care, Patient Education, Orthotics, Ergonomics and Prevention Strategies for Neck Pain: An Systematic Overview Update as Part of the ICON§ Project

“…But we did not use new primary trials published since review updates. For example, one large (n =3851) trial (the MINT trial – M anaging I njury of the N eck T rial) [117] may have an important impact on the direction of education recommendations. Two independent reviewers determined article relevance, assessed the AMSTAR methodological and verified data extraction.…”

Whiplash associated disorders: A prospective investigation of the effects of cervical medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy on sensory, motor and psychological Features

“…Several clinical trials have also failed to substantially reduce pain and disability in chronic WAD [187,319] or decrease the incidence of transition to chronicity for patients with an acute whiplash injury [187,262,273,[320][321][322], whether it involved multimodal therapy, multi-professional management or psychological intervention. One RCT demonstrated that exercise therapy is more efficacious than advice in patients with higher baseline pain intensity and disability status in individuals with chronic WAD, but only immediately after the intervention [187].…”