Effect of clinical characteristics on cognitive performance in service members and veterans with histories of blast-related mild traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 13-14, 2014, Pages 1667-1674

  Neipert, Leslie ^a,b   Pastorek, Nicholas J ^a,c   Troyanskaya, Maya ^a,c   Scheibel, Randall S ^a,c   Petersen, Nancy J ^a,c   Levin, Harvey S ^a,c,d  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast; Cognitive function; Concussion; Mild traumatic brain injury; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMNESIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLAST INJURY; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY SEVERITY; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VETERAN; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VALIDATION STUDY; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84911431464     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2014.947623     Document Type: Article

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