Comparing people with persisting post-concussion symptoms from an emergency department-based research sample with patients in a clinical rehabilitation sample: an explorative, retrospective analysis [PDF]
Journal of Rehabilitation MedicineObjective: To compare characteristics of people with persisting post-concussion symptoms in a sample referred for treatment and in a sample from a prospective research study. Design: Observational study.
Maria I. Sandboe +8 more
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A Case for Mental and Physical Rest in Youth Sports Concussion: It’s Never Too Late [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2012 Over the past decade, there has been a considerable increase in research on, and media attention to, sports-related concussion. However, despite accurate diagnosis, effective treatment and management of sports-related concussion have remained a ...
Rosemarie Scolaro Moser +4 more
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The BRAIN-Q, a tool for assessing self-reported sport-related concussions for epidemiological studies [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2021 OBJECTIVES The BRAIN-Q is a tool aimed at maximising the accuracy and minimising measurement error for retrospectively assessing concussions. This paper reports the agreement of the BRAIN-Q tool when compared to extant questionnaire questions, and its ...
Laura James +9 more
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A review of brain regions and associated post-concussion symptoms
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 The human brain is an exceptionally complex organ that is comprised of billions of neurons. Therefore, when a traumatic event such as a concussion occurs, somatic, cognitive, behavioral, and sleep impairments are the common outcome.
Ethan Danielli +17 more
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Specific and evolving resting-state network alterations in post-concussion syndrome following mild traumatic brain injury. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Post-concussion syndrome has been related to axonal damage in patients with mild traumatic brain injury, but little is known about the consequences of injury on brain networks. In the present study, our aim was to characterize changes in functional brain
Arnaud Messé +8 more
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Spontaneous nervous system concussion in dogs: a description of two cases and a review of terminology in veterinary medicine [PDF]
Open Veterinary Journal, 2017 In human medicine, central nervous system (CNS) concussion is defined as a transient neurological dysfunction following a traumatic event, without evidence of structural abnormalities of the affected region on advanced diagnostic imaging.
Angelo Pasquale Giannuzzi +2 more
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Tau as a fluid biomarker of concussion and neurodegeneration
Concussion, 2022 Concussion is predominant among the vast number of traumatic brain injuries that occur worldwide. Difficulties in timely identification, whether concussion led to neuronal injury or not, diagnosis and the lack of prognostic tools for adequate management ...
Iftakher Hossain +3 more
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A roadmap of brain recovery in a mouse model of concussion: insights from neuroimaging
Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2021 Concussion or mild traumatic brain injury is the most common form of traumatic brain injury with potentially long-term consequences. Current objective diagnosis and treatment options are limited to clinical assessment, cognitive rest, and symptom ...
Xuan Vinh To, Fatima A. Nasrallah
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Premature white matter microstructure in female children with a history of concussion
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2023 Childhood concussion may interfere with neurodevelopment and influence cognition. Females are more likely to experience persistent symptoms after concussion, yet the sex-specific impact of concussion on brain microstructure in children is understudied ...
Eman Nishat +4 more
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Anesthesia for the patient with a recently diagnosed concussion: think about the brain! [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2020 Some patients require emergent, urgent, or elective surgery in the time period immediately following diagnosis of concussion. However, changes in brain homeostatic mechanisms following a concussion and concern for secondary brain injury can complicate ...
Mohammed R. Rasouli +4 more
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