Mild Head Injury
Published on 25. May 1989
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-19-505301-2 (ISBN)
Description
Despite extensive documentation of post-concussion symptoms following apparently mild head injury, only in recent years has the full magnitude of the problem been appreciated. This book provides the first comprehensive discussion of recent advances in the understanding, treatment, and management of mild head injury. It covers strategies of neurosurgical management in adults and children, neuroimaging and neurophysiological methods of investigation, experimental models, neurobehavioural outcome in adults and children, psychosocial function, sports injuries, and epidemiological aspects. Innovative programs to mitigate disability after mild head injury are reviewed by the physicians and psychologists who have developed these techniques. This thoroughly interdisciplinary book will be of value to neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists.
Reviews / Votes
`A most readable text that provides fascinating insights into many of the persisting puzzles of so-called minor or mild head injury. It brings together material from a wide range of sources in a compact form that is enjoyable.' BrainMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures and tables throughout
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-505301-2 (9780195053012)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Harvey S. Levin | Howard M. Eisenberg | Arthur L. Benton
Mild Head Injury
E-Book
03/1989
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€36.99
Available for download
Persons
Editor
Professor of NeurosurgeryProfessor of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Chairman, Division of NeurosurgeryChairman, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Emeritus Professor of NeurologyEmeritus Professor of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, USA
Content
PART I: HISTORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY: Arthur L. Benton: Historical notes on post-concussion; Jess F. Kraus & Parivash Nourjah: The epidemiology of mild head injury; Bryan Jennett: Some international comparisons; PART II: EXPERIMENTAL MODELS AND NEUROPATHOLOGY: John T. Povlishock & Thomas H. Coburn: Morphopathological change associated; Ronald L. Hayes, Bruce G. Lyeth, & Larry W. Jenkins: Neurochemical mechanisms of mild and moderate head injury; PART III: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROIMAGING: Ralph G. Dacey: Complications after apparently mild head injury and strategies of neurosurgical management; J.W. Snoek: Mild head injury in children; Howard M. Eisenberg & Harvey S. Levin: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with mild to moderate head injury; Rudolf Schoenhuber & Massimo Gentilini: Neurophysiologic assessment of mild head injury; PART IV: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SEQUELAE: Dorothy Gronwall: Cumulative and persisting effects of concussion on attention and cognition; Massimo Gentilini, Paolo Nichelli, & Rudolf Schoenhuber: Assessment of attention in mild head injury; Ronald M. Ruff, Harvey S. Levin, Steven Mattis, Walter M. High, Jr., Lawrence F. Marshall, Howard M. Eisenberg, & Kamran Tabbador: Recovery of memory after mild head injury; Harvey S. Levin, Linda Ewing-Cobbs, & Jack M. Fletcher: Neurobehavioural outcome of mild head injury in children; PART V: POST-CONCUSSION SYMPTONS: William H. Rutherford: Post-concussion symptons: Relationship to acute neurologic indices, individual differences and circumstances of injury; S.S. Dikmen, Nancy Temkin, & Gay Armsden: Relationship of psychosocial functioning and post-concussional complaints to neuropsychological recovery; PART VI: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION: Philip Wrightson: Management of disability and rehabilitation services after mild head injury; Jeffrey T. Barth, Wayne Alves, Thomas V. Ryan, Stephen N. Macciocchi, Rebecca Rimel, John A. Jane, & William Nelson: Mild head injury in sports: Neuropsychological sequelae and recovery of function; Laurence F. Marshall & Ronald M. Ruff: Neurosurgeon as a victim; Wayne Alves: Facilitation of recovery by support, education and cognitive training.