Mild Head Injury

by Harvey S. Levin (Editor), Howard M. Eisenberg (Editor), Arthur L. Benton (Editor)

Overview

Despite extensive documentation of postconcussion symptoms, the sequelae of mild head injury have not been fully appreciated until recent years. This book provides the first comprehensive discussion of current advances in the understanding, treatment, and management of mild head injury. In a lucid fashion, the contributors discuss neurosurgical strategies and neurobehavioral outcome in adults and children, neuroimaging and neurophysiological methods of investigation, experimental models, sports injuries, and psychosocial and epidemiological aspects. Innovative programs to mitigate disability after mild head injury are presented by the physicians and psychologists who developed them, and the relationship between psychosocial consequences and postconcussional complaints and neuropsychological sequelae is discussed. Up-to-date and comprehensive, this book will be invaluable to clinicians and investigators in neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychology, and rehabilitation medicine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198022008
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/16/1989
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Baylor College of Medicine

University of Texas Medical Branch

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Table of Contents

PART I: History and Epidemiology1. Historical Notes on the Postconcussion Syndrome, A.L. Benton2. The Epidemiology of Mild Head Injury, J.F. Kraus and P. Nourjah3. Some International Comparisons, B. JennettPART II: Experimental Models and Neuropathology4. Morphopathological Change Associated with Mild Head Injury, J.T. Povlishock and T.H. Coburn5 Neurochemical Mechanisms of Mild and Moderate Head Injury: Implications for Treatment, R.L. Hayes, et al.PART III: Clinical Management, Neurophysiology and Neuroimaging6. Complications After Apparently Mild Head Injury and Strategies of Neurosurgical Management, R.G. Dacey7. Mild Head Injury in Children, J.W. Snoek8. Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Mild Head Injury, H.M. Eisenberg and H.S. Levin9. Neurophysiologic Assessment of Mild Head Injury, R. Schoenhuber and M. GentiliniPART IV: Neuropsychological Sequelae10. Cumulative and Persisting Effects of Concussion on Attention and Cognition, D. Gronwall11 Assessment of Attention in Mild Head Injury, M. Gentilini, et al.12 Recovery of Memory After Mild Head Injury: A Three Center Study, R.M. Ruff, et al.13 Neurobehavioral Outcome of Mild Head Injury in Children, H.S. Levin, et al.14. Postconcussion Symptoms: Relationship to Acute Neurologic Indices, Individual Differences and Circumstances of Injury, W.H. Rutherford15. Relationship of Psychosocial Functioning and Postconcussional Complaints to Neuropsychological Recovery, S.S. Dikmen, N. Temkin, and G. Armsden15 Relationship of Psychosocial Functioning and Postconcussional Complaints to Neuropsychological Recovery, S.S. Dikmen, et al.16. Management of Disability and Rehabilitation Services After Mild Head Injury, P. Wrightson17. Mild Head Injury in Sports: Neuropsychological Sequelae and Recovery of Function, J.T. Barth, W. Alves, T.V. Ryan, S.N. Macciocchi, R. Rimel, J.A. Jane, and W. Nelson17 Mild Head Injury in Sports: Neuropsychological Sequelae and Recovery of Function, J.T. Barth, et al.