Does the fear avoidance model explain persistent symptoms after traumatic brain injury?

Melloney L M WijenbergSven Z StapertJeanine A M C F Verbunt Jennie Louise Ponsford Caroline M Van Heugten

Published in: Brain injury (2017)

The fear-avoidance model proposes a possible explanation for persistent symptoms. Validation and normative data are needed for suitable measures of catastrophizing and fear avoidance of post-concussion symptoms after TBI. Longitudinal prospective cohort studies are needed to establish its causal and explanatory nature.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
traumatic brain injury
prefrontal cortex
mild traumatic brain injury
electronic health record
cross sectional
depressive symptoms
physical activity
machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligence