A case for mental and physical rest in youth sports concussion: It's never too late

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 3 DEC, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Moser, Rosemarie Scolaro ^a,b   Schatz, Philip ^a,b,c  

^a Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey   (United States)

^b International Brain Research Foundation   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive rest; Concussion; Mild traumatic brain injury; Sports concussion; Treatment of concussion; Youth concussion

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE;

ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CASE REPORT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REST; SPORT INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84874555676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00171     Document Type: Article

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