TBI Publications

Study investigated the impact of neurobehavioral factors on family functioning in patients with mild and moderate/severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared to patients with orthopedic injuries (OI). In each group, patients and a family member completed the Family Assessment Device and the Neurobehavioral Functioning Index at hospital discharge and ...

A group of 1,341 patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who were employed before injury completed a 1-year follow-up assessment regarding their return-to-work (RTW) outcome. Patients were categorized into 1 of 3 groups depending on the pre-injury occupation: (1) professional/managerial, (2) skilled, or (3) manual labor. Chi-square analyses were ...

Primary objective: To examine the relationship between CT abnormalities and early neuropsychological outcome following traumatic brain injury (TBI) using quantitative CT analyses, data reduction methods for neuropsychological results and specific hypotheses based on literature review. Research design: Observational, prospective cohort study using acute (emergency) CT data and neuropsychological test ...

Objective: To examine the relations among driving status, perceptions of barriers to the resumption of driving, and community integration outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Correlational research using logistic and multiple regression analyses, analyses of variance, and covariance. Participants: Fifty-one survivors of TBI, 6 months to 10 years ...

Objective: To examine the properties of the Rehabilitation Therapy Engagement Scale (RTES), a new scale developed to assess patient engagement in physical and occupational therapies in the acute rehabilitation setting quantitatively. Design: Psychometric analysis to test the reliability and validity of the RTES in a Midwestern acute rehabilitation facility. ...

Objective: To determine national patterns of screening, prophylaxis, and treatment of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) following traumatic brain injury (TBI) within the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS). Design: e-mail survey instrument. Setting: Multicenter Regional TBIMS. Results: Fifteen of the 16 rehabilitation centers within the TBIMS responded to the ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We discuss the problems of evidence-based neurorehabilitation in disorders of consciousness, and recent functional neuroimaging data obtained in the vegetative state and minimally conscious state. RECENT FINDINGS: Published data are insufficient to make recommendations for or against any of the neurorehabilitative treatments in vegetative state and ...

OBJECTIVE: To describe the theoretic framework, design, and potential clinical applications of functional neuroimaging protocols in patients with disorders of consciousness. DATA SOURCES: Recent published literature and authors' own work. STUDY SELECTION: Studies using functional neuroimaging techniques to investigate cognitive processing in patients diagnosed with vegetative and minimally conscious ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine characteristics and diversity among vocational treatment services in model programs for traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation. SETTING: Vocational or postacute treatment components of 16 TBI Model System (TBIMS) centers. PARTICIPANTS: Vocational director/coordinator from each TBIMS surveyed in semistructured phone interview. MEASURE: Survey of vocational services for ...

Study design: Direct observation of a constrained consensus-building process in three culturally independent five-person panels of rehabilitation professionals from the US, Italy and Canada. Objectives: To illustrate cultural differences in belief among rehabilitation professionals about the relative importance of alternative functional goals during spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation. Setting: ...

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Objective: To determine the relationship between the H-reflex (H/M ratio) and continuous intrathecal baclofen (CITB) dose after pump implantation for control of spastic hypertonia. Methods: Soleus H-reflexes were serially recorded in 34 subjects (19 men, mean age 32 years, mean follow-up 1.7 years) during simple continuous mode of CITB ...

Objective: To explore if and how individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) use social comparison during adjustment to disability. It was hypothesized that comparison activity may change with time since injury. Methods: Fifty-eight participants with TBI were surveyed within 1 or 6 months of discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. Group ...

Cross-sectional, correlational analyses of data from two separate studies were conducted to examine the correlates of adjustment among family caregivers of women with disabilities. Participants included 40 caregivers of women with spinal cord injuries in the first study and 53 caregivers of women with cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, ...

Objectives: Because of underidentification and misidentification of children with brain injury (BI), there is a need for screening instruments that can identify schoolchildren who may have had a BI.1 The present study examined the Brain Injury Screening Questionnaire’s (BISQ’s) utility as a screening measure for BI in children. Hypotheses: ...

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