A prospective biopsychosocial study of the persistent post-concussion symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 534-547

  Wäljas, Minna ^a,b   Iverson, Grant L ^c   Lange, Rael T ^d,e,f   Hakulinen, Ullamari ^a,g   Dastidar, Prasun ^a,b   Huhtala, Heini ^g   Liimatainen, Suvi ^a   Hartikainen, Kaisa ^h   Öhman, Juha ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^f WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^h PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

cognitive function; diffusion tensor imaging; outcome measures; prospective study; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRUSTRATION; GENETICS; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ICD-10; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGION OF INTEREST; RESTLESSNESS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VOMITING; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926678996     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3339     Document Type: Article

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