TBI Publications

Article provides an overview of the evaluation and management of disorders of mood following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods of assessing mood disorders are described briefly, and the importance of considering the differential diagnoses for these clinical phenomena is highlighted. Depressive disorders are the most common neuropsychiatric sequels of ...

Article describes how employment service providers (ESPs) can prepare for the implementation of the new rules for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act by considering how they partner with employers, work with service recipients or, in some cases, function as employers themselves. These new rules could have significant impacts ...

Study investigated the unique associations of suicidal ideation (SI) and lifetime suicide attempts (SAs) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Data were collected from 2,453 adults with a history of traumatic SCI recruited from 4 SCI Model System sites and 2 additional sites as part of the Project ...

Article describes a framework for adapting evidence-based health promotion strategies for people with disabilities. A study illustrates how the framework has been used to adapt the obesity prevention strategies developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for individuals with physical and developmental disabilities. The development of ...

Article reviews various treatment taxonomies current used in health care and the attempts at building classifications in rehabilitation. Discussion focuses on the need to base a rehabilitation treatment taxonomy (RTT) on the “active ingredients” of treatments and their link to patient/client deficits/problems that are targeted in therapy. This is ...

Article describes challenges encountered and lessons learned in an effort to explore the black box of rehabilitation. A multidisciplinary team created detailed, mutually exclusive operational definitions for the contents of learning-based treatments administered in a brain injury unit. The function and activity levels of the International Classification of Functioning, ...

Article provides an overview of the current knowledge about pain processing and assessment in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC). Study were identified through a search performed on PubMed using MeSH terms including vegetative state (VS), unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS), minimally conscious state (MCS), consciousness disorders, pain, nociception, neuroimaging, ...

Study explored the roles of leisure in the lives of employed people with mobility impairments. The three goals of the study were to: (1) understand participants’ perceptions of the significance of leisure in their work and personal lives; (2) examine how participants perceived their disabilities influenced their leisure and ...

This scoping review was conducted to describe recent research that has examined health outcome disparities within populations of people with disabilities. MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL databases were searched for relevant articles. Three staff independently reviewed abstracts according to inclusion criteria. Two of the authors then independently extracted data from ...

This study introduces a special series on validity studies of the Cognition Battery (CB) from the United States National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox for the Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIHTB) in an adult sample. The NIHTB-CB is designed to provide a brief, ...

Study examined patient, injury, and treatment characteristics associated with recovery trajectories of people with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) during inpatient rehabilitation. Participants were 206 adults with severe, non-penetrating TBI admitted directly from acute care to 2 specialized TBI rehabilitation centers (1 in the United States and 1 in ...

Study explored the relationships between positive psychology constructs (character strengths, resilience, and positive mood) and rehabilitation-related variables (perceptions of functional ability post-injury and beliefs about treatment) within a baseline data set, a six-month follow-up data set, and longitudinally across time points. Pearson correlations and supplementary multiple regression analyses were ...

Study examined the relationship of depression and personal and injury characteristics to post-traumatic psychological growth (PTG) in 824 adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). PTG was measured using the Post-traumatic Growth Inventory, reflecting positive change after injury in life priorities, closeness to others, new opportunities being available, stronger faith, ...

Study examined the current state of physical activity research for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) by utilizing the Behavioral Epidemiological Framework, which describes a sequence of 5 phases used to categorize health-related behavioral research. After searching MEDLINE, PUBMED, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and several major areas within EBSCOHOST (2000 to ...

This systematic review examined evidence for the prognostic value of self-reported traits/problems/strengths and environmental barriers/facilitators of participation outcomes in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases were searched for articles published through August 15, 2013. Each of the ...

Article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a pilot staff intervention designed to support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in community participation by collaborating with agency staff and administrators to strategize change in service provision and programming. The aims of the intervention were to: (1) share ...

Study identified and described the subtypes of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) that arise a consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). A retrospective chart review was performed of patients with moderate-to-severe TBI with subsequent development of medically refractory epilepsy referred for video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring at a single center over a 10-year ...

Study identified and described the subtypes of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) that arise a consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). A retrospective chart review was performed of patients with moderate-to-severe TBI with subsequent development of medically refractory epilepsy referred for video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring at a single center over a 10-year ...

Study systematically reviewed the evidence on interventions for posttraumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF). Multiple databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies published in English through January 22, 2014, on interventions targeting PTBIF as a primary or secondary outcome. Reference sections were also reviewed to identify additional articles. Articles were rated ...