The Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine has an article about the outcome of a treatment method that involves several disciplines: Interdisciplinary rehabilitation after whiplash injury: An observational prospective outcome study. The article examine the change in health and quality of life of patients after whiplash injury, before and after an inpatient interdisciplinary pain management programme.
The programme involved several disciplines; drug adaptation, physical exercise, relaxation therapies, and behavioural therapy. The outcome of the study showed that after rehabilitation, pain improved by effect sizes up to 0.65, function/role performance up to 0.87, vitality up to 0.67 and coping up to 0.41. At the 6-month follow-up, these effects remained and working capacity had improved from 8 h per week to 21 h per week.
