Post-traumatic headache: clinical caveats

Authors

  • Nathan Zasler

Keywords:

Cerebral concussion, Cerebral traumatism/complications, Headache/etiology, Neck pain/etiology

Abstract

Headache and neck pain are the most common physical complaints following concussion (mild brain injury) and are experienced early after injury by up to 70 % of persons with these types of injuries...

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Author Biography

Nathan Zasler

CEO & Medical Director, Concussion Care Centre of Virginia, Ltd. CEO & Medical Director, Tree of Life Services, Inc. Professor, affiliate, VCU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Richmond, Virginia Associate Professor, adjunct, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

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Published

2014-07-01

How to Cite

1.
Zasler N. Post-traumatic headache: clinical caveats. Rev Cubana Neurol Neurocir [Internet]. 2014 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Aug. 21];4(2):105-8. Available from: https://revneuro.sld.cu/index.php/neu/article/view/133

Issue

Vol. 4 N. 2 (July - December 2014)

Section

Editorial

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Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)