Active Rehabilitation of Concussion and Post-concussion Syndrome

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 437-454

  Leddy, John J ^a   Baker, John G ^b   Willer, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active; Concussion; Physiology; Post concussion syndrome; Rehabilitation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ATHLETE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BUFFALO CONCUSSION TREADMILL TEST; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONCUSSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OCULAR THERAPY; OCULOMOTOR TRAINING THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; REST; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT RELATED CONCUSSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR THERAPY; BED REST; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME;

BED REST; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME;

EID: 84964689171     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2015.12.003     Document Type: Review

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