TBI Publications

Report identifies predictors of driving status, frequency, and safety following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data collected from patients with TBI, their driving records, and their significant others was analyzed. The significant other's perceptions of the patient's fitness to drive were the strongest predictor of which patients resume driving and ...

Study evaluated the degree to which medical rehabilitation research papers published in 1997 and 1998 provided evidence of the reliability, validity, and other clinimetric qualities of the outcome measured used in the studies. The 171 papers identified included 651 outcome measures. Reliability information was provided for 20.1 percent of ...

Study compared the effectiveness of 2 different volume preparations of the same dose of botulinum toxin-A in relieving spasticity secondary to acquired brain injury. Patients were randomly assiged to either the high-volume group and received a solution containing 50 units of BTX-A per ml of saline or the low-volume ...

Study examines the characteristics and outcomes of participants with brain injury in 3 distinct rehabilitation interventions: (1) specialized vocational services (SVS) only, (2) SVS and community reintegration outpatient group, and (3) SVS and comprehensive day treatment. Characteristics of successful participants in each of the 3 rehabilitation pathways were examined. ...

Study investigated the extent to which distortions in visual feedback extend the just noticeable difference (JND) of a finger's force production and position displacement in a virtual robotic environment. A JND is defined as the percentage of increase in stimulus that is required to reliably distinguish 2 stimuli. Results showed ...

Case study describes a patient with stereotypic movement disorder (SMD) occurring after brain injury due to stroke. SMD is defined as repetitive, non-functional motor behavior that interferes with daily living or results in injury requiring medical treatment. It is frequently associated with mental retardation. SMD has rarely been reported ...

Study investigates the feasibility of using nonrandomized study designs to examine the effectiveness of rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Outcome was assessed using the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS), the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), the Burden Inventory, and Perceived Quality of Life (PQOL). The results indicated that discharge to ...

Study evaluates the utility of early cognitive assessment to predict productivity outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Three hundred eighty-eight adults with TBI were administered neuropsychological tests on emergence from posttraumatic amnesia (PTA) during their inpatient stay. Analysis revealed that preinjury productivity status, duration of PTA, education level, and ...

Article provides a selective review of brain injury resources found on the Internet. The listings of websites are geared toward survivors of brain injury and their families and include those that focus on brain injury, those with sections related to brain injury, and those with brain injury information found ...

Study was conducted to identify factors influencing successful return to productive activity and to understand how return to productive activity 1 year after traumatic brain injury (TBI) relates to measures of impairment, disability, handicap, and community integration. During telephone interviews with 105 participants, data for the Disability Rating Scale (DRS) ...

Article discusses the feasibility of using observational studies as an alternative to randomized clinical trials (RCTs) for assessing the effectiveness of traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation. While RCTs have been regarded as the gold standard for evidence of treatment efficacy, ethical, scientific, and resource factors may limit the expansion ...

Objective: This study examined predictors of family dysfunction and caregiver distress among 60 pairs of persons who sustained a traumatic brain injury and their caregivers. Design: A cross-sectional design that used hierarchical multiple regression analyses evaluated the relative influences of time since injury, awareness of deficit, and neurobehavioral and ...

OBJECTIVE: To compare types and frequency of medical complications and comorbidities associated with violence-related penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) as compared to violence-related blunt TBI. METHOD: Data were collected prospectively at four medical centers participating in the TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) of Care project. A total of 317 individuals ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation between selected acute injury and patient characteristics and subsequent return to work 1 to 5 years postinjury. DESIGN: Longitudinal design with prospectively collected data. Data were collected on patients at the time of injury and each year postinjury for up to 5 years. SETTING: ...