Medical Therapies for Concussion

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-124

  Meehan, William P ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Head injury; Injury; Mild traumatic brain injury; Sports; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CITICOLINE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DONEPEZIL; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO; PRAMIRACETAM; RIVASTIGMINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLPIDEM;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED REST; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIGRAINE; NEW DAILY PERSISTENT HEADACHE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP THERAPY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TENSION HEADACHE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AMANTADINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; METHYLPHENIDATE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 78149438410     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2010.08.003     Document Type: Review

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