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5. HEADACHE ATTRIBUTED TO HEAD AND/OR NECK TRAUMA 5.1. Acute post-traumatic headache5.2. Chronic post-traumatic headache 5.3. Acute headache attributed to whiplash injury [S13.4] 5.4. Chronic headache attributed to whiplash injury [S13.4] 5.5. Headache attributed to traumatic intracranial haematoma 5.6. Headache attributed to other head and/or neck trauma [S06]5.7. Post-craniotomy headacheBibliography6. HEADACHE ATTRIBUTED TO CRANIAL OR CERVICAL VASCULAR DISORDER 7. HEADACHE ATTRIBUTED TO NON-VASCULAR INTRACRANIAL DISORDER 8. HEADACHE ATTRIBUTED TO A SUBSTANCE OR ITS WITHDRAWAL 9. HEADACHE ATTRIBUTED TO INFECTION 10. HEADACHE ATTRIBUTED TO DISORDER OF HOMOEOSTASIS 11. HEADACHE OR FACIAL PAIN ATTRIBUTED TO DISORDER OF CRANIUM, NECK, EYES, EARS, NOSE, SINUSES, TEETH, MOUTH OR OTHER FACIAL OR CRANIAL STRUCTURES 12. HEADACHE ATTRIBUTED TO PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER 

IHS	Diagnosis	ICD-10
5.3	Acute headache attributed to whiplash injury [S13.4]	G44.841

Diagnostic criteria:

Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
History of whiplash (sudden and significant acceleration/deceleration movement of the neck) associated at the time with neck pain
Headache develops within 7 days after whiplash injury
One or other of the following:
1. headache resolves within 3 months after whiplash injury
2. headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since whiplash injury

Comments:

The term whiplash commonly refers to a sudden acceleration and/or deceleration of the neck (in the majority of cases due to a road accident). The clinical manifestations include symptoms and signs that relate to the neck, as well as somatic extracervical, neurosensory, behavioural, cognitive and affective disorders whose appearance and modes of expression and evolution can vary widely over time. Headache is very common in this post-whiplash syndrome. The Quebec Task Force on Whiplash-Associated Disorders has proposed a classification in five categories that may be useful in prospective studies.

There are important differences in the incidence of post-whiplash syndrome in different countries, perhaps related to expectations for compensation.

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