ALLMedicine™ Postconcussion Syndrome Center

Feb 16th, 2023 - Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is the most common presentation of TBI in the emergency department (ED), but a diagnosis of mTBI may be missed in patients presenting with other acute injuries after a motor vehicle collision (MVC...

Sep 10th, 2022 - Two female athletes presented to clinic following a head injury and exhibited signs of concussion. Both athletes experienced exacerbation of symptoms secondary to dysautonomia related to concussion injury on the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test (...

Jul 21st, 2022 - Practice Essentials Vertigo is a common symptom in individuals who have experienced blunt trauma to the head, neck, and craniocervical junction. Injuries that result from motor vehicle accidents, falls, assault, and contact sports may cause vertig...

Jul 21st, 2022 - Practice Essentials Vertigo is a common symptom in individuals who have experienced blunt trauma to the head, neck, and craniocervical junction. Injuries that result from motor vehicle accidents, falls, assault, and contact sports may cause vertig...

Jul 21st, 2022 - Practice Essentials Vertigo is a common symptom in individuals who have experienced blunt trauma to the head, neck, and craniocervical junction. Injuries that result from motor vehicle accidents, falls, assault, and contact sports may cause vertig...

May 20th, 2022 - Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has impacted over 60% of all OEF/OIF Veterans over the past decade, and over 20% of these Veterans carry a diagnosis of postconcussion syndrome. Arguably the most disabling postconcussion symptoms are sleep-wake ...

Jun 4th, 2020 - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) markedly reduces multiple symptoms of persistent postconcussion syndrome (PPCS) following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), results from a randomized controlled crossover study show. In civilians and military vet...

Aug 22nd, 2018 - SAN FRANCISCO – Symptoms of autonomic dysfunction are significantly greater in patients with persistent posttraumatic headache than in migraine, raising the welcome possibility that this characteristic might serve to reliably differentiate the two.

Jun 6th, 2018 - LOS ANGELES—Plasma levels of neurofilament light indicate repetitive concussive traumatic brain injury (TBI) and axonal injury, according to data presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. Differences in this biomar.

Jun 29th, 2015 - WASHINGTON – Regardless of the number of tests and tools for helping to diagnose pediatric sports concussions, Dr. Christopher Giza, professor of pediatric neurology and neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, says it’s importan.

Nov 26th, 2014 - Although hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment is well tolerated by patients with postconcussion syndrome, and improves their symptoms and quality of life, it does not work any better than a sham air compression treatment, results of a new pilot study...