Who gets recruited in mild traumatic brain injury research?

@article{Luoto2013WhoGR,
  title={Who gets recruited in mild traumatic brain injury research?},
  author={Teemu Miikka Luoto and Olli Tenovuo and Anneli Kataja and Antti Brander and Juha {\"O}hman and Grant L. Iverson},
  journal={Journal of neurotrauma},
  year={2013},
  volume={30 1},
  pages={
          11-6
        }
}
Selection bias, common in traumatic brain injury research, limits the clinical usefulness and generalizability of study findings. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of different inclusion and exclusion criteria on patient enrollment, and the implications for generalizability, in a mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) study. The study was conducted at the emergency department (ED) of Tampere University Hospital. Our aim was to study outcome from MTBI in patients who do not have… 
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