Management of persistent postconcussion symptoms in youth: A randomised control trial protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Reed, Nick ^a,b   Greenspoon, Dayna ^a   Iverson, Grant L ^c,d,e   DeMatteo, Carol ^f,g   Fait, Philippe ^h,i,j   Gauvin Lepage, Jérôme ^k   Hunt, Anne ^a   Gagnon, Isabelle J ^k,l  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

ⁱ Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition   (Canada)

^j Department of Human Kinetics Sciences Université Du Québec à Trois Rivières ^*  (Canada)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REHABILITATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COORDINATION EXERCISE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY HEALTH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION PATIENT; RETREATMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUALIZATION EXERCISE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF CARE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84941711061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008468     Document Type: Article

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