Graded aerobic treadmill testing in pediatric sports-related concussion: Safety, clinical use, and patient outcomes

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 693-702

  Cordingley, Dean ^a   Girardin, Richard ^a   Reimer, Karen ^a   Ritchie, Lesley ^a   Leiter, Jeff ^a   Russell, Kelly ^a,b   Ellis, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concussion; Graded aerobic treadmill testing; Multidisciplinary; Pediatric; Physiological post concussion disorder; Post concussion syndrome; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BREATHING FREQUENCY MONITOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIGRAINE; NEUROSURGEON; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RETURN TO SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TREADMILL TEST; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; YOUTH SPORT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE TEST; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012857138     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2016.5.PEDS16139     Document Type: Article

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