Health status, not head injury, predicts concussion symptoms after minor injury

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-190

  McLean, Samuel A ^a   Kirsch, Ned L ^b   Tan Schriner, Cheribeth U ^c   Sen, Ananda ^b   Frederiksen, Shirley ^b   Harris, Richard E ^b   Maixner, William ^d   Maio, Ronald F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYNDROME;

EID: 65349164097     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.01.054     Document Type: Article

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