A comparison of Christiana Spine Center's whiplash patients' course of illness to the guidelines set forth by the Quebec Task Force for Whiplash Associated Disorders.

In 1995, the Quebec Task Force on Whiplash Associated Disorders came out with guidelines for diagnosis and management of automobile related "whiplash" injuries to the neck. The task force reviewed the available literature and found it quite lacking, but nonetheless came up with a "best evidence synthesis" and based their recommendations on this. The purpose of this paper was to determine how frequently these guidelines were followed in a group of patients with whiplash who were referred to a spine specialist clinic in New Castle County, Delaware.