Subacute concussion-related symptoms and postconcussion syndrome in pediatrics

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 724-730

  Blume, Heidi ^a   Hawash, Karameh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

child; concussion; epidemiology; mild traumatic brain injury; postconcussion syndrome; review; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BALANCE DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONCUSSION; CONFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRUSTRATION; GENDER; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; VOMITING; YOGA;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84870065706     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e328359e4cc     Document Type: Review

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