Current and emerging rehabilitation for concussion. A Review of the evidence

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-231

  Broglio, Steven P ^a   Collins, Michael W ^b   Williams, Richelle M ^a   Mucha, Anne ^b,c   Kontos, Anthony P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive rest; Concussion; Pharmacologic interventions; Physical rest; Vestibular rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCUSSION; CONSENSUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REST; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84951294121     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2014.12.005     Document Type: Review

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