Potential driving issues in combat returnees

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-278

  Lew, Henry L ^a,b   Amick, Melissa M ^c   Kraft, Malissa ^c   Stein, Murray B ^d,e   Cifu, David X ^f,g  

^a Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

deployment; evasive driving skills; motor vehicle crashes; post traumatic stress disorder; Traumatic brain injury; veterans

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRIEF DRIVING QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; COMORBIDITY; DIZZINESS; DRIVING ABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; IRRITABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SELF EVALUATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOLDIER; STARTLE REFLEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 77954704458     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2010-0562     Document Type: Review

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