Multiple Past Concussions Are Associated with Ongoing Post-Concussive Symptoms but Not Cognitive Impairment in Active-Duty Army Soldiers

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1301-1306

  Dretsch, Michael N ^a,b   Silverberg, Noah D ^c   Iverson, Grant L ^d,e  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

concussion; military; neurocognitive; post concussion symptoms; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DEPENDENCY IDENTIFICATION TEST; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCUSSION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SOLDIER; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939619096     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3810     Document Type: Article

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