Assessment and treatment of common persistent sequelae following blast induced mild traumatic brain injury

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-320

  Schultz, Billie A ^a,b   Cifu, David X ^b,d   McNamee, Shane ^a,b   Nichols, Michelle ^b,c   Carne, William ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; polytrauma; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLAST INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HYPOACUSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; RESUSCITATION; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EAR DISEASES; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SLEEP DISORDERS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 80051514704     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2011-0659     Document Type: Article

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