Mild head injury (Oxford University Press, 1989)
Based on a conference held at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston on Mar. 20-21, 1987
Includes bibliographical references and index
I. History and Epidemiology -- -- Historical notes on the postconcussion syndrome / Arthur L. Benton -- The epidemiology of mild head injury / Jess F. Kraus and Parivash Nourjah -- Some international comparisons / Bryan Jennett -- -- II. Experimental Models and Neuropathology -- -- Morphopathological change associated with mild head injury / John T. Povlishock and Thomas H. Coburn -- Neurochemical mechanisms of mild and moderate head injury : Implications for treatment / Ronald L. Hayes, Bruce G. Lyeth, and Larry W. Jenkins -- -- III. Clinical Management, Neurophysiology, and Neuroimaging -- -- Complications after apparently mild head injury and strategies of neurosurgical management / Ralph G. Dacey -- Mild head injury in children / J.W. Snoek -- Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in mild to moderate head injury / Howard M. Eisenberg and Harvey S. Levin -- Neurophysiological assessment of mild head injury / Rudolf Schoenhuber and Massimo Gentilini -- --
- IV. Neuropsychological Sequelae -- -- Cumulative and persisting effects of concussion on attention and cognition / Dorothy Gronwall -- Assessment of attention in mild head injury / Massimo gentilini, Paolo Nichelli, and Rudolf Schoenhuber -- Recovery of memory after mild head injury : A three-center study / Ronald M. Ruff ... [et al.] -- Neurobehavioral outcome of mild head injury in children / Harvey S. Levin, Linda Ewing-Cobbs, and Jack M. Fletcher -- -- V. Postconcussion Symptoms -- -- Postconcussion symptoms : Relationship to acute neurological indices, individual differences, and circumstances of injury / William H. Rutherford -- Neuropsychological recovery : Relationship to psychosocial funtioning and postconcussional complaints / Sureyya S. Dikmen, Nancy Temkin, and Gay Armsden -- -- VI. Disability and Rehabilitation -- -- Management of disability and rehabilitation services after mild head injury / Philip Wrightson --
- Mild head injury in sports : Neuropsychological sequelae and recovery of function / Jeffrey T. Barth ... [et al.] -- Neurosurgeon as victim / Lawrence F. Marshal and Ronald M. Ruff