A balanced protocol for return to school for children and youth following concussive injury

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 783-792

  Dematteo, Carol ^a   Stazyk, Kathy ^a   Giglia, Lucy ^a,b   Mahoney, William ^a,b   Singh, Sheila K ^a,b   Hollenberg, Robert ^a,b   Harper, Jessica A ^a   Missiuna, Cheryl ^a   Law, Mary ^a   McCauley, Dayle ^a   Randall, Sarah ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; child; concussion; depression; mild traumatic brain injury; postconcussion syndrome; return to learn; return to school

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCUSSION; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LEARNING; PHYSICIAN; RETURN TO SCHOOL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CONVALESCENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REST; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REST; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84931035396     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922814567305     Document Type: Article

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