The symptomatology was ascribed to a previous severe head injury and defined as a post‐concussion syndrome. During the examination it was found that he had an identical twin brother without a history of brain‐damage. A comparison of the patient and his twin brother with the same examination ...
Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) refers to a constellation of physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Despite its incidence and impact, the underlying mechanisms of PCS are unclear. We hypothesized that impaired cerebral autoregulation (CA) is a contributor. In ...
This multicenter cohort study describes a novel clinical risk score developed among children presenting to the emergency department with concussion and
Postconcussion syndrome (PCS), the term most commonly used to refer to the collection of symptoms that occur after a concussion, remains an area of great debate. For many years, persons in the fields of neurology and psychiatry professed that concussion did not result in persistent somatic or ...
Persistent post-concussion syndrome (PPCS) is a common and significant morbidity among children following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the evidence for effective PPCS treatments remains limited. Recent studies have shown the beneficial effects of hyp
Exercise assessment and aerobic exercise training for postconcussion syndrome (PCS) may reduce concussion-related physiological dysfunction and symptoms by restoring autonomic balance and improving cerebral blood flow autoregulation. In a descriptive pilot study of 91 patients referred to a university clinic...
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Brain concussion Mild traumatic brain injury Post-concussion syndrome Illness perceptions Illness management Digital health Cognitive behavioural therapyDownload PDF Sections Figures References Abstract Introduction Methods: participants, interventions and outcomes Assignment of intervention: allocation Assignment of...
The post-concussional syndrome: Physiogenesis, psychogenesis and malingering. An integrative model Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 6 (1995), pp. 675-693 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar King, 1996 N.S. King Emotional, neuropsychological, and organic factors: Their use in the ...
Thus the chronic phase is understood to be anywhere from three months and out- ward post-injury in accordance with the DSM-IV-TR defi- nition of Post-concussion Syndrome [26]. Indeed, most of the quantifiable changes associated with sports concussion are either subclinical or recovered in the...