Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 904-911 , May 2008

Neuropsychologic and Functional Outcome After Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Shauna Kashluba, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
    • Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit, MI.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Shauna Kashluba, MA, Dept of Psychology, 401 Sunset Ave, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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  • Robin A. Hanks, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
    • Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit, MI.
  • ,
  • Joseph E. Casey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
  • ,
  • Scott R. Millis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

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 Supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133A020515).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00070-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.029

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 904-911 , May 2008