A multicentre, randomised trial examining the effect of test procedures measuring emergence from post-traumatic amnesia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 841-849

  Tate, Robyn L ^a,b   Pfaff, A ^c   Baguley, I J ^d   Marosszeky, J E ^d   Gurka, J A ^d   Hodgkinson, A E ^c   King, C ^e   Lane Brown, A T ^b   Hanna, J ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Studies Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISORIENTATION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BIOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745318716     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.074989     Document Type: Article

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