Long-term outcomes after uncomplicated mild traumatic brain injury: A comparison with trauma controls

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 937-946

  Ponsford, Jennie ^a,b,d,e   Cameron, Peter ^a,c,d   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a,c,d   Grant, Michele ^a,b,d   Mikocka Walus, Antonina ^a,b,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

mild traumatic brain injury outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE POST CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT AND COGNITIVE TESTING BATTERY; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PTSD CHECKLIST SPECIFIC; REACTION TIME; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MEMORY; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 79959707187     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1516     Document Type: Article

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