To describe hormone profiles for pre-/post-menopausal women, to monitor time to resumption of menstruation among pre-menopausal women and to describe cortisol associated LH suppression and phasic variation in other sex hormones over timeMethods and procedures: This study determined amenorrhea duration and characterized acute (days 0-7) and chronic (months 1-6) ...
Article reviews research demonstrating how biological markers of inflammation can be used to improve recovery and enhance quality of life for people with traumatic brain injury. By identifying patterns of inflammatory genes and proteins that increase an individual’s risk for poor outcomes, the authors hope to generate tailored screening, ...
Study examined the convergent validity of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (BTACT) by determining correlation with established neuropsychological tests, administered an average of 4.4 days apart, in an inpatient traumatic brain injury (TBI) population. Fifty-five patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation for new-onset TBI completed the following measures: BTACT, ...
Study aimed to develop a more precise measure of irritability and aggression after traumatic brain injury (TBI) from the perspectives of both the individual with TBI and an observer using all behavioral item ratings for the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Irritability and Aggression subscales. Baseline NPI data were obtained from 3 ...
Headache is one of the most frequently reported symptoms following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Little is known about how these headaches change over time. We describe the natural history of headache in individuals with moderate to severe TBI over 5 years after injury. A total of 316 patients were prospectively ...
Headache is one of the most frequently reported symptoms following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Little is known about how these headaches change over time. We describe the natural history of headache in individuals with moderate to severe TBI over 5 years after injury. A total of 316 patients were ...
Study evaluated long-term mortality, life expectancy, causes of death, and risk factors for death among patients who were unable to follow simple motor commands at the time of admission to inpatient traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation. Data were obtained from patients treated within the National Institute on Disability and ...
Study identified aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that are relevant to caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and developed an integrated conceptual framework based on this information. Nine focus groups were conducted with 55 caregivers of individuals with moderate-to-severe TBI to explore the effect that caring ...
Study explored how individual differences affect rehabilitation outcomes by specifically investigating whether working memory capacity (WMC) can be used as a cognitive marker to identify who will and will not improve from memory rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Sixty-five participants with moderate to severe TBI with pre- and ...
Study identified aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that are relevant to caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and developed an integrated conceptual framework based on this information. Nine focus groups were conducted with 55 caregivers of individuals with moderate-to-severe TBI to explore the effect that ...
Study examined whether severity of head and extracranial injuries (ECI) is associated with suicidal ideation (SI) or suicide attempt (SA) after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Factors associated with SI and SA were assessed using data collected 1, 2, and 5 years post-TBI from 3,575 participants from 15 TBI Model ...
Study examined self-reported medical treatment and effectiveness of the treatment for headache in the first year following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were collected from 167 participants admitted to a level 1 trauma hospital with mild TBI who were prospectively enrolled and reported new or worse headache at ...
Study examined postacute changes in bowel and bladder continence and cognition after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in patients with long-term functional recovery to full independence. This case series included 9 patients initially admitted to inpatient rehabilitation (IR) with severe TBI who had returned to prior responsibilities and functional ...
Study determined the comorbidities and complications that most commonly co-occur in adults aged 50 years and older with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were obtained from 2,134 adults 50 years of age or older with moderate/severe TBI enrolled in the TBI-Model Systems (TBI-MS) study from 2007 to 2014. International ...
Primary objective: To further evaluate the construct validity of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire (LCQ) and to investigate the extent to which self-ratings of adults with traumatic brain injury compared to ratings made by close others and self-ratings made by non-injured matched controls. Research design: Prospective cohort study. Methods ...
Study tested the following hypotheses: (1) a positive feedback relationship exists between acute serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFa) and estradiol (E2), and (2) acute concentrations of E2 and TNFa are prognostic indicators of death after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Severe TBI activates a robust systemic response that involves inflammatory ...