Neck pain, headaches, radiating arm and upper back pain are a major problem in today's society. It is estimated that neck pain and its associated disorders disables five percent of the population, and that between 10 and 20 percent of the population experience persistent or chronic neck pain.
The current research literature shows little about the most effective methods of dealing with this important problem, even though the cost of neck pain in North America totals billions of dollars each year and is rapidly increasing.
In 1995 the Quebec Task Force on Whiplash Associated Disorder released the first systematic review of the literature on whiplash.1 This work represents a baseline of the information on this issue. Since then, new scientific studies have been published requiring a new task force to continue and extend the work. This new task force will be working with the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Collaborative Center for Neurotrauma at Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The task force will address several factors to establish the most effective and cost effective manner of treating neck pain:
The majority of the task force funding will be provided by NCMIC and the Canadian Chiropractic Protective Association, with additional funded by a number of corporations form Brazil, Canada, Sweden and the U.S.
Objectives of the Task Force
Administrative Committee (will administrate all aspects of the task force.)
President: Scott Haldeman,DC,MD,PhD,FRCP(C)
Clinical professor, department of neurology, University of California, Irvine. Adjunct professor, Southern California University of Health Sciences.Vice President: Åke Nygren,DDS, MD,PhD
Professor, Karolinska Institute, and head of the section for personal injury prevention, department of clinical neurosciences.Scientific Secretary: J. David Cassidy, DC,PhD
Associate professor of epidemiology and medicine, department of public health sciences, University of Alberta; guest research professor, section for personal injury prevention, department of clinical neurosciences, Karolinska Institute.Administrative Vice President: John Schubert
Accountant; consultant to the insurance, health and rehabilitation industries, with expertise in strategic thinking, disability management, outcomes research, rehabilitation programs and underwriting.
President: Scott Haldeman,DC,PhD, FRCP(C)Vice President: Åke Nygren,DDS, MD,PhD
Scientific Secretary: J David Cassidy, DC,PhD
Linda Carroll,PhD
Associate professor of epidemiology, department of public health sciences, University of Alberta.Pierre Côté,DC,M.Sc
PhD candidate in epidemiology and biostatistics in the department of public health sciences at University of Toronto.Sheila Hogg-Johnson,PhD
Senior biostatistician, Institute for Work and Health.
Associated professor of biostatistics, department of public health sciences, University of Toronto.Eric Hurwitz,DC,PhD
Assistant professor in residence in the department of epidemiology, school of public health, University of California at Los Angeles, and assistant professor in the department of research, Southern California University of Health Sciences.Paul Peloso,MD,MSc,FRCP(C)
Associate professor of medicine, University of Saskatchewan, where he also has a rheumatology clinical practice in the department of internal medicine.Margareta Nordin,PT,PhD
Director, Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University Medical Center.
Advisory Board members (acts as an expert resource for the scientific secretariat and participates in the formulation of the conclusions and recommendations based on the "best evidence synthesis.")
Dorcus Beaton,OT,PhD
Research fellow, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Nikolai Bogduk,MD
Professor and director, Newcastle Bone and Joint Institute, University of Newcastle, Australia.Claire Bombardier,MD,FRCP(C)
Professor of medicine, University of Toronto.Eduardo Bracher,DC,MD
Professor, department of experimental physiopathology, school of medicine São Paulo University, BrazilEugene Carragee,MD
Department of orthopedic surgery, Stanford UniversityJiri Dvorak,MD
Professor of neurology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.Sandra Johnson
Patient advocateWilliam Johnson,PhD
Professor of health administration and policy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.Hal Morgenstern,PhD
Professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.Rachid Salmi,MD,PhD
Professor of epidemiology, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.James Weinstein,DO,MS
Professor, department of orthopedics, Dartmouth Medical School.
Editor, SpineGabrielle van der Velde, DC
Graduate student member.
Department of health policy, management and evaluation, University of Toronto.
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