Prolonged Activity Restriction after Concussion: Are We Worsening Outcomes?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 443-451

  DiFazio, Marc ^a   Silverberg, Noah D ^b,c   Kirkwood, Michael W ^d,e   Bernier, Raquel ^a   Iverson, Grant L ^f,g,h,i  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

Author keywords

activity restriction; concussion; mTBI; rehabilitation; rest; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC TRAINER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EVOLUTION; EXERCISE; EXPECTATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NOCEBO EFFECT; PATIENT HARM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROLONGED ACTIVITY RESTRICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REST; SCHOOL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRESTLING; ADOLESCENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REST; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962920080     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922815589914     Document Type: Article

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