Validity of the veterans health administration's traumatic brain injury screen

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1234-1239

  Belanger, Heather G ^a,b,c,e   Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^a,b,c,d,e   Soble, Jason R ^a   Richardson, Matthew ^b   Groer, Shirley ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HSR and D   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain concussion; Brain injuries; Diagnosis; Mass screening; Rehabilitation; Veterans Affairs (U.S.)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL REMINDER SCREEN; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84863329696     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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