School and the Concussed Youth: Recommendations for Concussion Education and Management

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 701-719

  Sady, Maegan D ^a   Vaughan, Christopher G ^a,b   Gioia, Gerard A ^a,b  

^a Children's National Medical Center   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodations; Concussion; Management; Mild traumatic brain injury; School; Student; Student athlete

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; POLICY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 80055072239     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.08.008     Document Type: Review

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