Use of graded exercise testing in concussion and return-to-activity management

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 370-376

  Leddy, John J ^a   Willer, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BUFFALO CONCUSSION TREADMILL TEST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXERCISE RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL COGNITIVE TEST; HUMAN; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN TO WORK; TREADMILL TEST;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84892761167     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000008     Document Type: Article

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