Do whiplash patients differ from other patients with non-specific neck pain regarding pain, function or prognosis?

► Neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders. ► Whiplash patients are often considered as a different group from non-specific neck pain patients. ► The clinical course of neck pain patients and whiplash patients is good: between 60 and 80% recover. ► The prevalence of self-reported whiplash patients among patients with neck pain was 16.5%. ► Patients with self-reported whiplash do not differ from patients with other painful neck complaints regarding pain, function or prognosis.