TBI Publications

Study compared the predictive ability of a new traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity classification model of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) duration anchored to late productivity outcome (Mississippi intervals), with that of the criterion standard Russell intervals. The study population included 3,846 TBI Model System participants with known or imputed PTA ...

Study examined whether caregiver/family status can predict the well-being of individuals with brain injury and whether perceived social support to caregivers moderates their well-being. Participants were 109 pairs of adults, consisting of a caregiver and an individual with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants completed the following outcome measures: Brief ...

Study investigated the ability of the Wechsler Memory Scale, 4th Edition (WMS-IV) and the Advanced Clinical Solutions (ACS) package to distinguish poor performance due to intentional response bias among simulators of traumatic brain injury (TBI) from poor performance due to real TBI. Forty-five survivors of moderate to severe TBI ...

Study examined whether change in cognitive performance at three time-points (inpatient rehabilitation, 1-year, and 2-year follow-up) following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be used to predict functional outcome measures collected at 2-year follow-up. Participants underwent neuropsychological testing and assessment of functional outcomes during their rehabilitation stay and were ...

Study investigated how specifically defined elements of religion and spirituality belief systems affect rehabilitation outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Religious and spiritual characteristics were measured with the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, a self-report measure that assesses 2 dimensions: a direct personal relationship with God referred to as religious well-being, ...

Study evaluated the feasibility of applying virtual reality and robotics technology to improve attention in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the early stages of recovery. Eighteen TBI patients who were receiving acute inpatient rehabilitation completed three-dimensional cancellation exercises over two consecutive days in an interactive virtual ...

Headache is one of the most frequently reported symptoms following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Little is known about how these headaches change over time. We describe the natural history of headache in individuals with moderate to severe TBI over 5 years after injury. A total of 316 patients were ...

BACKGROUND: Extremely few objective estimates of traumatic brain injury incidence include all ages, both sexes, all injury mechanisms, and the full spectrum from very mild to fatal events. METHODS: We used unique Rochester Epidemiology Project medical records-linkage resources, including highly sensitive and specific diagnostic coding, to identify all Olmsted ...

OBJECTIVE: To update our clinical recommendations for cognitive rehabilitation of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke, based on a systematic review of the literature from 2003 through 2008. DATA SOURCES: PubMed and Infotrieve literature searches were conducted using the terms attention, awareness, cognitive, communication, executive, language, memory, ...

The present study explored the predictive value of interval change in neuropsychological performance at three time-points following moderate-to-severe TBI (inpatient rehabilitation, 1-year, and 2-year follow-up) on functional outcome measures collected at 2-year follow-up. Symmetrized percent change scores were calculated and used to predict scores on functional measures using linear regression ...

This study investigated the ability of the Wechsler Memory Scale-4th Edition (WMS-IV) and the Advanced Clinical Solutions (ACS) package including the new Word Choice test (WCT) to distinguish poor performance due to intentional response bias among simulators of traumatic brain injury (TBI) from poor performance due to actual TBI. Participants ...

OBJECTIVE: To update our clinical recommendations for cognitive rehabilitation of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke, based on a systematic review of the literature from 2003 through 2008. DATA SOURCES: PubMed and Infotrieve literature searches were conducted using the terms attention, awareness, cognitive, communication, executive, language, memory, perception, ...

BACKGROUND: Extremely few objective estimates of traumatic brain injury incidence include all ages, both sexes, all injury mechanisms, and the full spectrum from very mild to fatal events. METHODS: We used unique Rochester Epidemiology Project medical records-linkage resources, including highly sensitive and specific diagnostic coding, to identify all Olmsted County, ...

Headache is one of the most frequently reported symptoms following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Little is known about how these headaches change over time. We describe the natural history of headache in individuals with moderate to severe TBI over 5 years after injury. A total of 316 patients were prospectively ...

Objective: The long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury affect millions of Americans, many of whom report using religion and spirituality to cope. Little research, however, has investigated how various elements of the religious and spiritual belief systems affect rehabilitation outcomes. The present study sought to assess the use of specifically ...

Primary objective: To examine return to driving and variables associated with that activity in a longitudinal database. Research design: Retrospective analysis of a large, national database. Methods and procedures: The sample was comprised of people with predominantly moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) enrolled in the TBI Model System national ...

Full community integration, or participation;jn society, is the ultimate goal of rehabilitation and of research conducted in the field of rehabilitation for persdns with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Community integration has been traditionally defined by 3 main areas: employment or other productive activity, independent living, and social activity. However, ...

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effects of participation in a memory group intervention focusing on internal strategy use on persons with traumatic brain injury–related memory impairment. Participants: Ninety-four adults with traumatic brain injury (54 in the experimental group and 40 controls) and resulting memory impairment, with severities ranging from ...

Primary objective: To determine test–re-test reliability of the VIrtual Planning Test (VIP) in a group of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Research design: Single-group repeated measures design. Methods and procedures: Seventy-five individuals with TBI were administered the VIP, with 6–8 weeks between the two test sessions. Main outcomes ...

ABSTRACT Cognitive deficits following traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly include difficulties with memory, attention, and executive dysfunction. These deficits are amenable to cognitive rehabilitation, but optimally selecting rehabilitation programs for individual patients remains a challenge. Recent methods for quantifying regional brain morphometry allow for automated quantification of tissue volumes ...