Mild head injury-a close relationship between motor function at 1 week post-injury and overall recovery at 3 and 6 months

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 34-47

  Heitger, Marcus H ^a,b   Jones, Richard D ^a,b,c   Dalrymple Alford, John C ^a,d   Frampton, Chris M ^a,b   Ardagh, Michael W ^a,c   Anderson, Tim J ^a,b,c  

^a Van der Veer Institute New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Head injury; Motor function; Oculomotor; Prediction of outcome; Recovery; Upper limb visuomotor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33846688036     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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