Post-Traumatic Headache Therapy in the Athlete

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Seifert, Tad ^a  

^a Norton Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Headache; Migraine; Post concussion syndrome; Post concussive headache; Post traumatic headache; Return to play; Sports; Sports neurology; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CANNABINOID; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; GALANTAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH FACTOR; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PRAZOSIN; PROCHLORPERAZINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ATHLETE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; NERVE BLOCK; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION BLOCK; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84971538975     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-016-0568-6     Document Type: Review

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