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Objective: Evaluate the association between neuroendocrine findings and fatigue after traumatic brain injury (TBI) Research design: Prospective, observational. Methods and procedures: Sixty-four individuals at least 1 year post-TBI underwent neuroendocrine testing including thyroid, adrenal, gonadal axes and growth hormone (GH) after glucagon stimulation with assessment of fatigue using the ...

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 ...

Objective To investigate whether retrieval practice (RP) improves delayed recall after short and long delays in survivors of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) relative to massed restudy (MR) and spaced restudy (SR). Design 3(learning condition: MR, SR, RP)×2(delayed recall: 30min, 1wk) within-subject experiment. Setting Nonprofit medical rehabilitation research center. ...

Study examined the impact of blood alcohol level (BAL) at the time of injury on injury severity, and functional or cognitive outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). A total of 482 patients admitted to a large urban medical center with documented TBI and blood alcohol testing results were included ...

Study investigated the psychometric properties of the Community Integration Measure (CIM), a scale that assesses self-perceived quality of community integration, among people with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). A total of 279 people with TBI completed the CIM, as well as other measures of community integration and ...

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 case control design. The TBI group consisted of 124 persons with moderate to severe traumatic brain ...

Study examined 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. The TBI group consisted of 124 individuals with moderate to severe TBI. The poor effort group consisted of ...

Study identified baseline participant variables in the domains of demographics, medical/psychosocial history, injury characteristics, and post-injury functional status associated with longitudinal follow-up completeness among participants with traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) National Database (NDB). The sample analyzed included 8,249 individuals enrolled in the TBIMS ...

Study surveyed people with spinal cord injury (SCI) to determine their priorities for brain-computer interface (BCI) applications and design features along with the time investment and risk acceptable to obtain a BCI. Forty people with SCI participated, including of 30 individuals identified from the SCI research registry who were ...

Article describes the background and development of the Spinal Cord Injury -- Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) measurement system, a spinal cord injury (SCI)-specific, patient-reported outcome measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) covering physical, emotional, and social domains of functioning. The SCI-QOL was developed using item response theory (IRT) ...

Article provides an overview of the clinical management of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness after acquired brain injury. The authors review consciousness-altering pathophysiological mechanisms, specific clinical syndromes, and novel diagnostic and prognostic applications of advanced neuroimaging and electrophysiological procedures. The article concludes with a provocative discussion of bioethical ...