Reliability of a graded exercise test for assessing recovery from concussion

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Leddy, John J ^a   Baker, John G ^b   Kozlowski, Karl ^b   Bisson, Leslie ^a   Willer, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

heart rate; physiology; symptoms; traumatic brain injury; treadmill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952602214     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181fdc721     Document Type: Article

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