Sport-related Concussion in Adolescents

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 649-670

  Patel, Dilip R ^a   Reddy, Vinay ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance Error Scoring System; Concussion; Neuropsychological testing; Sport Concussion Assessment Tool

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ATAXIA; AUTOMATED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT METRICS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; CONCUSSION RESOLUTION INDEX; CONFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; FATIGUE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE MEASUREMENT OF PERFORMANCE AND COGNITIVE TESTING; INJURY SEVERITY; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUPIL REFLEX; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT OF CONCUSSION; VALIDITY; VERTIGO; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REST;

EID: 77953559046     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2010.03.006     Document Type: Review

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