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. 2016 Jul 26;2016:1590161. doi: 10.1155/2016/1590161

Table 3.

Most common symptoms of mTBI according to their categories [4, 6, 1113].

References Cognitive Somatic physical Affective emotional Sleep disturbance
Marshall, 2012 [11]
Hanson et al., 2014 [6]
Hynes and Dickey, 2006 [12]
Scorza et al., 2012 [13]
McCrory et al., 2013 [4]
(i) Confusion
(ii) Retrograde amnesia
(iii) Anterograde amnesia
(iv) Loss of consciousness
(v) Disorientation
(vi) Feeling foggy (in a fog)
(vii) Vacant stare
(viii) Inability to focus
(ix) Delayed verbal responses
(x) Delayed motor responses
(xi) Slurred
(xii) Incoherent speech (slurred)
(xiii) Excessive drowsiness
(i) Headache
(ii) Dizziness
(iii) Balance disruption
(iv) Nausea
(v) Vomiting
(vi) Visual disturbances
(vii) Phonophobia
(i) Emotional liability
(ii) Irritability
(iii) Fatigue
(iv) Anxiety
(v) Sadness
(i) Trouble falling asleep
(ii) Decreased sleep
(iii) Increased sleep

Hanson et al., 2014 [6] (i) Feeling slowed down
(ii) Difficulty concentrating
(iii) Difficulty remembering
(iv) Forgetting of recent information
(v) Confused about recent events
(vi) Answers questions slowly
(vii) Repeats questions
(i) Balance problems
(ii) Visual problems
(iii) Fatigue
(iv) Sensitivity to light
(v) Sensitivity to noise
(vi) Dazed
(vii) Stunned
(i) Nervousness (i) Drowsiness

Hynes and Dickey, 2006 [12] (i) Dysphagia
(ii) Seeing stars
(i) Deafness
(ii) Ringing in the ears
(iii) Temporomandibular

Scorza et al., 2012 [13] (i) Disorientation
(ii) Stunned
(iii) Vacant stare
(i) Blurred vision
(ii) Convulsions
(iii) Light-headedness
(iv) Numbness
(v) Tingling
(vi) Tinnitus
(i) Clinginess
(ii) Depression
(iii) Personality changes