A preliminary study of subsymptom threshold exercise training for refractory post-concussion syndrome

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Leddy, John J ^a,b   Kozlowski, Karl ^b   Donnelly, James P ^b   Pendergast, David R ^b   Epstein, Leonard H ^a   Willer, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Exertion; Physiology; Symptoms; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; SUBSYMPTOM THRESHOLD EXERCISE TRAINING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649136248     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181c6c22c     Document Type: Article

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