Post-concussion symptom reporting and the "good-old-days" bias following mild traumatic brain injury

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 442-450

  Lange, Rael T ^a   Iverson, Grant L ^a   Rose, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Good old days bias; Mild traumatic brain injury; Post concussion symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77954824098     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq031     Document Type: Article

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