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What is the study about? Easy to use and accurate tools for predicting long-term functional prognosis are needed for patients of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their families. This study aims to build a practical decision tree using a collection of clinical variables to predict Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) levels at ...

What is the study about? This study aims to determine whether rehospitalization in the first two years after a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with poorer societal participation at five years post-TBI. What did the study find? This study found that rehospitalization during the first two years after TBI ...

What is the study about? Fatigue is a common symptom after a burn injury. The goal of this study was to determine how often adult burn survivors experienced fatigue and how severe their symptoms were. It also attempted to identify burn survivors who were most likely to be fatigued at 6, ...

What is the study about? This study aims to explore which psychosocial and demographic variables, in combination with the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), a measure of severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI), are predictive of TBI functional outcomes five to fifteen years post-injury. What did the study find? The findings were somewhat surprising ...

What is the study about? 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 ...

What is the study about? 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, ...

What is the study about? Memory impairment is common for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ) was designed to measure everyday memory failures in individuals with TBI. Though the EMQ has demonstrated clinical effectiveness through distinguishing between individuals with TBI and orthopedic controls, its factor structure ...

What is the study about? 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. What did the study find? Participants ...

What is the study about? There is strong evidence that when clinicians use behavioral observations and information obtained through clinical interviews and medical records they do not predict the validity of the performance well and are particularly prone to false-positive errors in classification. It is important to be able to distinguish ...

What is the study about? This study describes clinicians’ experiences using robotic exoskeletons in spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation. These experiences include their perceptions on the benefits and risks of using robotic exoskeletons, training strategies, and developments that can enhance clinical utility. What did the study find? The four SCI model system centers ...

What is the study about? Interactive video games have the potential to play a positive role in the rehabilitation of burn patients. This study attempts to determine the feasibility of a set of Jintronix games, which combines therapy specific software and interactive gaming as a form of coaching for adult burn ...

What is the study about? Though amputations following a burn injury are uncommon, they affect one’s ability to find employment after injury. This study looks at and compares patient injury characteristics, quality of life, and employment status for those with and without amputation following a burn injury. What did the study find? The ...

What is the study about? When it comes to reports on outcomes after a burn injury, most focus on quality of life shortly after the injury. This study aims to determine whether quality of life is still a concern ten years after injury. To do this, the study reports findings from ...

What is the study about? Although there are many risk factors that influence long-term outcomes after burn injury, many of these risk factors have yet to be identified. This study examines whether hospital-acquired complications (HACs) are a risk factor that affect patient-reported quality of life in adult burn survivors. What did the ...

What is the study about? The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of nativity and residential characteristics on productive activity among Hispanics at one year after traumatic brain injury (TBI). What did the study find? Among foreign-born individuals with TBI, those living in an area with a higher proportion of ...

What is the study about? The purpose of this study was to assess the association between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), occurring during the first 2 years post-injury, and frequency of mental health outcomes (depression and/or anxiety) during that same time period in a group of individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) ...

What is the study about? This study investigated the contribution of race/ethnicity to retention in traumatic brain injury (TBI) research at one to two years post-injury. What did the study find? This study found that retention rates one to two years post-TBI were significantly lower for Hispanic participants (85.2%) than for white (91.8%) ...

What is the study about? This study examines whether there is a link between spiritual well-being, demographic characteristics, quality of life and depressive symptoms following spinal cord injury (SCI). Specifically, this study looks at to what extent spiritual well-being has on quality life and depressed mood, and if meaning-focused spirituality has ...