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This study determined whether performance patterns on the California Verbal Learning Test-II (CVLT-II) could differentiate participants with traumatic brain injury (TBI) showing adequate effort from those with mild TBI exhibiting poor effort using a casecontrol design. The TBI group consisted of 124 persons with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury ...

. Introduction2. Methods3. Results4. DiscussionReferencesAbstractThe relationship between genetic predisposition to reduced iron capacity and apolipoprotein E (APOE) with post-traumatic seizures (PTS) and neuropsychological outcomes was investigated in patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) from a prior valproate clinical study. Haptoglobin (Hp) concentration/phenotype and APOE genotype was determined in 25 ...

Objective: To evaluate the methodological quality of research on cognitive rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data Sources: Secondary analysis of studies identified in prior systematic reviews of cognitive rehabilitation. Study Selection: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies involving exclusively or primarily participants with TBI. Data Extraction: Criteria for ...

Study examined long-term mortality after acute hospitalization for traumatic brain injury (TBI) among patients from diverse races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic conditions. Data were collected for 18,998 Colorado residents with TBI discharged alive from acute hospitalization between 1998 and 2003. Vital status at the end of the study period and ...

Objective: To investigate mortality, life expectancy, risk factors for death. and causes of death in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) Design: Retrospective Cohort study. Setting: Used data from an inpatient rehabilitation facility,the Social Security Death Index, death certificates, and the u.s. population age-race-sex-specific and cause-specific mortality rates. Participants: Persons with TBI (N= ...

Objective: To investigate the meaning of community integration in an ethnically diverse sample. Design: Prospective study using mixed qualitative and quantitative methods. Setting: County level I trauma center. Participants: Fifty-eight blacks, 57 Hispanics, and 52 whites with traumatic brain injury living in the community 6 months post-injury. Main Measures: Open-ended interview questions ...

Objective: To characterize the population of those receiving inpatient rehabilitation who sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) secondary to a suicide attempt and identify differences between such individuals and a demographically-matched control group (n¼230) of those whose TBIs were of an unintentional aetiology. Method: Analysed cases were identified from ...

Article describes the rationale, design, methods, and lessons learned in conducting a multi-site, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of venlafaxine XR to treat major depressive disorder (MDD) or dysthymia in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Across 6 participating SCI centers throughout the United States, 2,536 subjects were screened and ...