Concussion Assessment and Management

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-17

  Hunt, Tamerah ^a   Asplund, Chad ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Athletic training; Concussion; Head injury; Management

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NICOTINAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SCAVENGER;

ATHLETE; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL CARE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STABILOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; X RAY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450278958     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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