The new Swedish Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire: A measure of symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury and its concurrent validity and inter-rater reliability

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-31

  Andersson, Elisabeth Elgmark ^a,c   Emanuelson, Ingrid ^a   Olsson, Margareta ^b   Stålhammar, Daniel ^a   Starmark, Jan Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Sö dra Alvsborgs sjukhus   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Mild traumatic brain injury; Post concussion; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SWEDISH POST CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 31744445519     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970500310564     Document Type: Article

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