Randomized controlled trial of light therapy for fatigue following traumatic brain injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 303-313

  Sinclair, Kelly L ^a   Ponsford, Jennie L ^a,b   Taffe, John ^a   Lockley, Steven W ^a,c,d   Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^a,c,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; excessive daytime sleepiness; fatigue; light therapy; sleep disturbance; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; BLUE LIGHT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; PHOTON; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP QUALITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; PHOTOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899419810     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313508472     Document Type: Article

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