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Resilience is thought to be an important factor in the recovery from traumatic events. It is defined as positive adaptation following trauma or the ability to “bounce back” following such events. This study aims to evaluate aspects of resilience including when people may demonstrate it, factors ...
What is acute inpatient rehabilitation?
Acute inpatient rehabilitation (rehab) is an intensive form of medical rehabilitation in which patients receive three or more hours per day of core therapies (physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy) overseen by a physician specialized in rehabilitation with around the clock nursing care. This team ...
Abstract
Dopaminergic (DA) system function is frequently disrupted after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, published interventions that target the DA system with the hope of enhancing functional outcomes are inconclusive, partially because of the lack of DA signaling biomarkers that can be used to select patients likely to benefit from DA-directed ...
Introduction: Understanding the impact of disease on function and improving functional outcomes is an important goal of rehabilitation. This scoping review analyzes 25 years of published traumatic brain injury (TBI) clinical rehabilitation research (CRR) to determine the frequency with which function is a research goal.
Methods: The review protocol was prepared ...
Pain is an unpleasant sensation that can range from mild to very severe. Pain is very personal; two people can have the same type and amount of pain and have very different reactions to it.
Pain is usually considered chronic when it lasts more than three months. Many people with traumatic ...
Objective: To describe trajectories of functioning up to 5 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI) that required inpatient rehabilitation in the United States using individual growth curve models conditioned on factors associated with variability in functioning and independence over time.
Design: Secondary analysis of population-weighted data from a multicenter longitudinal cohort ...
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It is often difficult to convey to stakeholders of clinical research whether something being reported is clinically meaningful. One measure of increased interest and importance is the minimally clinically important difference (MCID) and is discussed in this article. The MCID is defined as the smallest improvement ...
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This study compares the characteristics of individuals with TBI who die from unintentional poisoning to those of individuals with TBI who die from other causes to see what characteristics, if any, distinguish the two groups. In doing so, the study aims to better understand the risks ...
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This study uses the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems national database to examine the prevalence of obesity in individuals 1 to 25 years following traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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The study found that rates of obesity and overweight problems increased overtime after TBI, with ...
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Neuroprotective treatments have shown promise in improving recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) in animals. However, no studies to date have shown such treatments to be effective in humans. One reason for this may be because such treatments are given to animals before or soon after ...
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There is a critical need to generate traumatic brain injury clinical practice guidelines. The aim of this study was to form a multidisciplinary group of clinicians and researchers to identify and evaluate evidence-based best practices for patients with TBI undergoing rehabilitation and describe the process for ...
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The adapted Marshall computed tomography (CT) classification scheme is used to classify the severity of TBI using the results from a CT scan. The aim of this study was to first examine the predictive relationship between an adapted Marshall classification scheme and other clinical measures of ...
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors are typically classified by injury severity using a measure that relies heavily on level of consciousness. The most common measure is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and is very helpful in planning early treatment. It is often used to establish prognosis, ...
Objective
To estimate the prevalence of chronic pain after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and identify characteristics that differ from those without chronic pain.
Design
A multisite, cross-sectional observational cohort study.
Results
46% reported current chronic pain, 14% reported past (post-injury) chronic pain, and 40% reported no chronic pain. Bivariate differences in sociodemographic and injury characteristics ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Relationships After TBI. Hugh Rawlins, TBI Survivor, discusses His Divot.
This is my, what I call my divot. And it’s called my badge. What this is is they take out a piece of ...
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This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Couples Intervention (TCI) on caregiver needs and burden after brain injury. TCI is an individually-administered couples intervention (a therapist works with one partner at a time) that focuses on improvement in adjustment and communication. Traumatic brain ...
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This study aims to compare traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes from 2 cohorts: the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) in the United States and Longitudinal Head Injury Outcome Study conducted in Victoria, Australia, by the Monash ...
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The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics and concerns of caregivers of adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) over the first few months after discharge of the TBI survivor into the community.
What did the study find?
This study found that caregivers of TBI survivors ...