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Study identified key dimensions relevant to recovery in the postacute period for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and determined the ability of scores on these dimensions to predict participation outcomes for people with TBI. A total of 504 participants with TBI completed a comprehensive battery of measures including ...

Article describes the conceptual framework of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment taxonomy (RTT) and illustrates its potential use in speech-language pathology (SLP) clinical practice and research. The RTT framework uses treatment targets, ingredients, and mechanisms of action defined by treatment theory to specify SLP and other rehabilitation interventions with greater ...

Study explored the roles of leisure in the lives of employed people with mobility impairments. The three goals of the study were to: (1) understand participants’ perceptions of the significance of leisure in their work and personal lives; (2) examine how participants perceived their disabilities influenced their leisure and ...

This article first reviews the socio-economic context in which documenting knowledge uptake and use by non-traditional stakeholders is becoming increasingly important. It then summarizes the creation and initial administration of a new questionnaire called the Level Of Knowledge Use Survey (LOKUS) instrument, a web-based tool designed to survey the ...

Article describes how employment service providers (ESPs) can prepare for the implementation of the new rules for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act by considering how they partner with employers, work with service recipients or, in some cases, function as employers themselves. These new rules could have significant impacts ...

Study examined the characteristics associated with the risk of death among individuals requiring inpatient rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) National Database (NDB) was weighted to represent those 16 years of age or older completing inpatient rehabilitation for TBI in the United States (US) ...

Study linked the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (PROMIS) pediatric and adult measures for emotional distress using data from participants with diverse health conditions and disabilities. Analyses were conducted and compared in two separate samples to confirm the stability of results. One sample included 874 individuals aged 14–20 years ...

Study used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to characterize serial changes in fractional anisotropy (FA) within traumatic axonal injury (TAI) lesions of the corpus callosum (CC). It was hypothesized that recovery of FA within a TAI lesion correlates with better functional outcome. One hundred forty-six patients who underwent both an ...

Study investigated the influence of pre-traumatic brain injury (TBI) variables and TBI-related characteristics on post-TBI criminal arrest, using longitudinal data from the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System National Database. Subjects and their families were contacted at 1, 2, and 5 years postinjury to assess the subjects’ post-TBI criminal arrests, ...

Study examined changes in white matter (WM) integrity following after traumatic axonal injury (TAI) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Sixteen patients with complicated mild to severe brain injuries consistent with TAI were recruited in the intensive care unit of a Level I trauma center. Thirteen of these patients were ...

Study assessed long-term outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI) among veterans and service members. Data were obtained from 118 veterans and military personnel, aged 23–70 years, who has sustained moderate-to-severe, followed by acute interdisciplinary rehabilitation 5–16 years earlier. The TBI Follow-up Interview (occupational, social, cognitive, neurologic and psychiatric ratings) ...

Study developed and evaluated the external validity of models to predict long-term survival in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Survival/mortality data were obtained from 2 cohorts of long-term survivors of TBI: (1) the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) cohort comprised 7,365 patients who were admitted to a ...

Study computed the life expectancy of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on validated prognostic models, compared mortality and life expectancy of people with TBI with those of the general population, and investigated trends toward improved survival over the last 2 decades. Life expectancy data were obtained from ...

Study investigated the contribution of co-occurring non-head injuries to hazard of death after traumatic brain injury (TBI). A random sample of Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents with confirmed TBI from 1987 through 1999 was identified for the study. Each case was assigned an age- and sex-matched, non-TBI “regular control” from ...

*Study developed statistical models of life expectancy following acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) to provide predictions of longevity and quantify differences in survivorship with the general population of the United States (US). A population-based retrospective cohort study using data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) was performed. A random ...

Study examined marital stability after traumatic brain injury considering the perspectives of the patient and the uninjured partner and identified predictors of marital stability. Forty-two couples with mild to severe injury completed the Marital Status Inventory, a measure of relationship stability, and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), a ...

Article describes a new measure developed for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox, called the Picture Sequence Memory Test (PSMT), which is the first measure of episodic memory across the age range from 3 to 85 years. The authors describe the development of the measure and present validation ...

Study examined self-reported medical treatment and effectiveness of the treatment for headache in the first year following mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were collected from 167 participants admitted to a level 1 trauma hospital with mild TBI who were prospectively enrolled and reported new or worse headache at ...

Article provides an overview of the evaluation and management of disorders of mood following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods of assessing mood disorders are described briefly, and the importance of considering the differential diagnoses for these clinical phenomena is highlighted. Depressive disorders are the most common neuropsychiatric sequels of ...