Table 2.

Promising directions for clinical practice.

Treatment Approach	Resources
Risk screening/stratification of patients to determine risk of poor or delayed recovery	WhipPredict (Whiplash Clinical Prediction Tool) [67,68]. Electronic version available at https://recover.centre.uq.edu.au/research/clinician-resources Hard copy available on author request Orebro Musculoskeletal Screening Tool Short-Form [69] Available at https://www.cesphn.org.au/documents/filtered-document-list/204-oerebro-musculoskeletal-pain-screening-questionnaire/file StartMSK [75]. Available at https://www.keele.ac.uk/startmsk/moreaboutthetool/
Clinical pathways of care based on risk stratification	Under evaluation. Protocol available at [70]
Development of skills of rehabilitation professionals to integrate some psychological treatments into standard physical rehabilitation	There are various protocols available but few that are specific to neck pain The integration of a psychological treatment targeting stress related symptoms in people with acute WAD is available at the following reference [21]
Provide advice and reassurance to patients that is more targeted to their needs	Preliminary findings of the needs of patients with WAD and neck pain [26,76,77]