Postconcussion Syndrome: A Physiatrist's Approach

PM and R

Volumn 3, Issue 10 SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Reddy, Cara Camiolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; GENDER; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGE FACTORS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIZZINESS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; REST; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 82455168122     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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