Does a 20 minute cognitive task increase concussion symptoms in concussed athletes?

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1589-1594

  Covassin, Tracey ^a   Crutcher, Bryan ^a   Wallace, Jessica ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive rest; Concussion; Neurocognitive testing; Post concussion symptoms scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCUSSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE POST CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT AND COGNITIVE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST CONCUSSION SYMPTOM SCALE; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; SADNESS; SPORT INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888881944     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.823656     Document Type: Article

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