Return to work following mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 443-450

  Wäljas, Minna ^a,b   Iverson, Grant L ^c   Lange, Rael T ^d,e   Liimatainen, Suvi ^a   Hartikainen, Kaisa M ^b   Dastidar, Prasun ^b,f   Soimakallio, Seppo ^b,f   Öhman, Juha ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mild traumatic brain injury; Outcome; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ATTENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL CONDITION; HUMAN; ICD-10; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PREDICTION; RETURN TO WORK; SELF REPORT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETURN TO WORK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84925944398     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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