Challenges in determining the role of rest and exercise in the management of mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 86-92

  Wells, Elizabeth M ^a   Goodkin, Howard P ^b   Griesbach, Grace S ^c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Rest; Subthreshold exercise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; CONTACT SPORT; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; NEUROREHABILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VESTIBULAR THERAPY; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; REST;

EID: 84960861351     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073815570152     Document Type: Article

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