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What is the study about? This study investigated how resilience at 3 or 6 months following traumatic brain injury predicted quality of life outcomes of patients at 1 and 2 years after injury. What did the study find? The authors found that higher resilience scores predicted greater satisfaction with life, lower anxiety and ...

What is the study about? Immediate consequences occur when part of a wheelchair breaks and leaves an individual stranded or injured, or causes him or her to miss medical appointments, work, or school. The study looked at the relationships among wheelchair breakdowns, their immediate consequences, and secondary health complications after spinal ...

What is the study about? This study reviews the development of a framework describing the key elements for evaluating preschool-aged children’s (ages 1- 5) recovery from burn injury using a parent-reported health outcomes assessment. What did the study find? This study found three health outcome domains that are most impacted by preschool-aged ...

What is the study about? 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). What did the study find? The study found that rates of obesity and overweight problems increased overtime after TBI, with ...

What is the study about? Oxandrolone can counteract the catabolic effects of burn injury. However, recent animal studies have shown an association between oxandrolone and the development of heterotopic ossification (HO) postburn. This study examines oxandrolone and HO development by exploring historical clinical data. What did the study find? Individuals with burn injury ...

What is the study about? This study examines experimental spinal cord injury (SCI) studies in animals to help assess whether bias in the design and reporting of these studies can overestimate the effectiveness and hence, their value for clinical translation. What did the study find? This study found evidence of bias in the ...

What is the study about?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 adaptive ...

What is the study about? This study has two goals: 1) to compare the ability of the SCI-FI/AT and a legacy measure to detect functional change in people with SCI at all levels over a 1-year period after hospital discharge; and 2) to calculate the minimum change in score needed on ...

What is the study about? 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 ...

What is the study about? 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 ...

What is the study about? The Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile was developed to measure social participation after a burn injury using a computer adaptive test. The goal of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the LIBRE Profile. What did the study find? This study provides psychometric ...

What is the study about? This study examined the trajectories of functional outcomes and independence up to five years post-injury for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) that required in-patient rehabilitation. What did the study find? This study found that many individuals with TBI notice functional improvement in the first two years postinjury. ...

What is the study about? This study examines the probability of returning to productivty, defined as engagement in school or work, over time up to 5 years following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). What did the study find? This study found several factors associated with the likelihood of returning to work following a ...

What is the study about? 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 ...

What is the study about? 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 the study about? This study aims to examine the utility of common screening tools for sleep apnea (a disorder of interrupted breathing while sleeping) by examining how they compare to one another. These are tools used during inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). ...

What is the study about? This commentary article aims to highlight the severity of the opioid epidemic and the potentially significant connection with lifetime history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The authors suggest that TBI can have unrecognized consequences that may increase the risk for opioid use disorders (OUD). The factors ...

What is the study about? This study aims to examine whether commonly used comorbidity (i.e., other medical conditions) measures identify comorbidities in the acute traumatic and non traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) inpatient rehabilitation population. Individuals with SCI often have comorbidities that affect health outcomes. Currently, no comorbidity measure is considered ...