TBI Publications

This study determined whether performance patterns on the California Verbal Learning Test-II (CVLT-II) could differentiate participants with traumatic brain injury (TBI) showing adequate effort from those with mild TBI exhibiting poor effort using a casecontrol design. The TBI group consisted of 124 persons with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury ...

Study examined long-term mortality after acute hospitalization for traumatic brain injury (TBI) among patients from diverse races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic conditions. Data were collected for 18,998 Colorado residents with TBI discharged alive from acute hospitalization between 1998 and 2003. Vital status at the end of the study period and ...

Study examined the impact of blood alcohol level (BAL) at the time of injury on injury severity, and functional or cognitive outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). A total of 482 patients admitted to a large urban medical center with documented TBI and blood alcohol testing results were included ...

Study investigated the psychometric properties of the Community Integration Measure (CIM), a scale that assesses self-perceived quality of community integration, among people with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). A total of 279 people with TBI completed the CIM, as well as other measures of community integration and ...

This study determined whether performance patterns on the California Verbal Learning Test-II (CVLT-II) could differentiate participants with traumatic brain injury (TBI) showing adequate effort from those with mild TBI exhibiting poor effort using a case control design. The TBI group consisted of 124 persons with moderate to severe traumatic brain ...

Study examined whether performance patterns on the California Verbal Learning Test-II (CVLT-II) could differentiate participants with traumatic brain injury (TBI) showing adequate effort from those with mild TBI exhibiting poor effort. The TBI group consisted of 124 individuals with moderate to severe TBI. The poor effort group consisted of ...

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effects of participation in a memory group intervention focusing on internal strategy use on persons with traumatic brain injury–related memory impairment. Participants: Ninety-four adults with traumatic brain injury (54 in the experimental group and 40 controls) and resulting memory impairment, with severities ranging from mild ...

The presence of alcohol is clearly a risk factor for sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI); however, the impact of alcohol on injury severity, and functional or cognitive outcome is unclear, as there is mixed evidence in the literature. This study examined 482 participants in a large urban medical center ...

Article discusses the insider-outsider distinction in the context of people with disabilities. Insiders to disability are likely to have different subjective responses to life situations than do those who experience disability as onlookers. The importance of including the insider’s perspective is discussed with respect to assessing participation in terms of ...

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To consider the duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) as a single predictor variable to determine whether categories of PTA duration exist that predict 1-year outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI).<br /><br /> RESEARCH DESIGN: Using the TBI Model System database (n = 5250), the duration of PTA that ...

Study identified predictors of family caregiver life satisfaction at one and two years after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants were 336 family members caring for patients with TBI participating in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) TBI Model Systems of Care (TBIMS). Demographic, medical, psychosocial, and neurobehavioral ...

ABSTRACT Cognitive deficits following traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly include difficulties with memory, attention, and executive dysfunction. These deficits are amenable to cognitive rehabilitation, but optimally selecting rehabilitation programs for individual patients remains a challenge. Recent methods for quantifying regional brain morphometry allow for automated quantification of tissue volumes in ...

injury (TBI) severity according to posttraumatic amnesia (PTA) duration, designating “greater than 7 days” as the most severe. PTA durations of more than 7 days are common in neurorehabilitation populations. Moreover, no study has derived a PTA severity schema anchored to late outcome. The purpose of this study was ...

Objective: To describe frequency and magnitude of caregivers’ emotional distress and life satisfaction using standardized assessment procedures; compare distress levels among spouses, parents, and other caregivers; and identify risk factors. Design: Prospective collaborative cohort study. Setting: Six Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Centers providing neurotrauma care, rehabilitation, and outpatient ...