Physical complaints, medical service use, and social and employment changes following mild traumatic brain injury: a 6-month longitudinal study.
Using a prospective, dual-cohort study design in which selected preinjury factors were controlled, we present outcomes of 235 patients in a case cohort and 235 patients in a comparison cohort following emergency-department-diagnosed mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Symptoms, medical services use,...
| Published in: | Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 239 - 257 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
May/Jun2005
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