Impact of recurrent head trauma on olfactory function in boxers: A matched pairs analysis

Brain Research

Volumn 1320, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-6

  Vent, Julia ^a   Koenig, Joerg ^a   Hellmich, Martin ^a   Huettenbrink, Karl Bernd ^a   Damm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boxing; Cerebral damage; Olfactory function; Recovery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOXING; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OLFACTOMETRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMELLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BOXING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749152243     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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