Table 2 Exclusion criteria

From: Neck-specific exercise improves impaired interactions between ventral neck muscles in chronic whiplash: A randomized controlled ultrasound study

*Signs of traumatic brain injury at the time of whiplash injury

*Known or suspected serious pathology

*Previous fracture or luxation in the cervical spine

*Contraindication to exercise

*Neuromuscular disease

*Rheumatological disease

*Previous serious neck pain that warranted more than 1 month of sick leave in the year prior to the whiplash injury

*Severe mental illness

*Current alcohol or drug abuse.

*Insufficient knowledge of the Swedish language (with inability to answer the questionnaires)

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