Methylphenidate reduces mental fatigue and improves processing speed in persons suffered a traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 758-765

  Johansson, B ^a   Wentzel, A P ^b,c   Andrell P ^b   Mannheimer, C ^c   Ronnback L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Section of Haematology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mental fatigue; Methylphenidate; Pain; TBI

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE SCALE; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL FUNCTIONING SCALE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937544939     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2015.1004747     Document Type: Article

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