A brief and unobtrusive instrument to detect simulation and exaggeration in patients with whiplash syndrome

• Published in: Neuroscience letters Vol. 342; no. 1; pp. 53 - 56
• Main Authors: Sartori, Giuseppe, Forti, Sara, Birbaumer, Niels, Flor, Herta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 15.05.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Assessment; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Discriminant Analysis; Exaggeration; Female; Humans; Male; Malingering; Malingering - diagnosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Neurology; Pain; Psychological Tests; Simulation; Surveys and Questionnaires; Syndrome; Whiplash; Whiplash Injuries - diagnosis; Whiplash Injuries - psychology; Whiplash; Pain; Simulation; Exaggeration; Malingering; Assessment; Human; Detection
• ISSN: 0304-3940; 1872-7972
• DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00233-7

The objective of this study was to develop and test a brief and unobtrusive instrument to detect exaggeration and simulation in whiplash syndrome. The instrument consists of eight scenarios with ten response options that have to be ordered according to how easy a behavior is to perform. Twenty-five...