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Researchers examined how education level is related to cognitive status in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Cognitive problems, such as slower processing speed, poor working memory, and memory loss are common after TBI. The study tested the cognitive reserve hypothesis, which proposes that greater lifetime ...
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The goal of this case series report was to look for improvement in bowel and bladder continence and cognition in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (STBI). The functional independence measure (FIM) was used to evaluate study participants at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation (IR). Researchers were ...
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Difficulty sleeping and problems with attention, memory, and understanding and processing new information, called cognitive function, are common occurrences after suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A patient suffering from these types of problems may experience significant loss of their ability to function. This study examined ...
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Researchers asked if genetic differences in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors had an effect on their cognitive recovery. Researchers tested TBI survivors’ dopamine genotype and other factors related to cognitive performance. Specifically, the researchers asked if genetic variations near the dopamine type 2 receptor gene [within ...
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Monoamine transporters are protein structures that help regulate the levels of neurotransmitters that send signals to the nerve structure. Dopamine and serotonin are examples of compounds that send signals throughout the body. They are important in regulating a variety of brain activities including memory, executive functioning ...
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Differentiating genuine traumatic brain injury (TBI) from faked neurocognitive impairment is essential to correctly provide resources in legal and healthcare systems. This study assessed the strategies used by healthy adults who were coached to simulate traumatic brain injury (TBI) during neuropsychological evaluation.
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Though there is little evidence to support amantadine’s effectiveness to improve cognitive function after traumatic brain injury (TBI), clinicians still commonly use it for this purpose. This study aimed to examine the effects of amantadine on memory tasks, attention and general thinking among individuals with TBI.
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This study compares a group of individuals who died more than one-year post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a matched group of survivors (up to 20 years of follow-up) to identify physical function, cognitive function, and/or psychosocial function variables associated with mortality.
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This study addressed an important question with respect to how best to measure changes in thinking and memory function after brain injury, (traumatic brain injury and stroke). It is often difficult to separate the effect of the injury from a person’s pre-existing state and his/her personal ...
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This article is about post-traumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF). The characteristics and correlates of PTBIF are described. The authors summarize the empirical and theoretical literature on PTBIF, including a variety of biologically based theories for a type of fatigue that is likely to be regulated by ...
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This study reviewed research about treatments for post-traumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF). By comparing all published articles, researchers were able to identify promising best practices and areas that needed more research, because PTBIF has a negative impact on patients’ quality of life.
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This study examined characteristics of patients with post-traumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF) in order to assess characteristics of those whose fatigue persisted as compared to those whose fatigue resolved. The characteristics reported included: level of disability, sleep quality, mood, and community participation, as well as level ...
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The aim of this is study was to develop a specific evaluation tool to assess patient reported experience and impact of fatigue on people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This was part of the larger Traumatic Brain Injury-Quality of Life (TBIQOL) measurement system. A computer adpative ...